Ink the world, your post implies that a reporter(or group of reporters) were capable of uncovering all parties' motivations in the matter of what, a few short hours. From my experience, it takes considerably longer to ascertain a single party's motivators.
Redneck is historically a term for working men, normally caucasian. The term comes from the sunburn pattern found at the base of the skull, connecting through the upper back. This area get sun-baked while working in the sun, wearing a shirt (typically long sleeve), and some form of hat. I didn't have the misfortune of growing up around hookers, gangbangers, heroin, and crack. A few of the folks in the community grew a little weed and we consumed a lot of cheap beer around things we set on fire.
A lot of the folks I grew up with, played football with, still work their own fields. These are rednecks. They don't run around wearing pointy white hats and hating other folks because of race, well, most of them don't. It's Georgia so a few of the folks don't like anyone different than them.
Drawing definitive conclusions from a brief newspaper article is akin to looking at a few bricks outside a construction site and telling someone what the mirror will look like in the bathroom. You are free to make any description you want. Will it be the actual description? Probably not, but that will not matter as the conversation will long be forgotten.
Unlimited viz, time to fly out to the sound and find some new fishing water. You guys try to enjoy internet jousting!
Jeff f., why do you dislike folks with different skin color?