Beware of virality. The word has its origins in “poison.”
Viral fame is proving plenty damaging for Shiloh Hendrix, the Minnesota mom catapulted to notoriety in April for her use of racial slurs. The Rochester City Attorney’s Office is now moving to bring three counts of Disorderly Conduct against Hendrix, according to KTTC News. Hendrix may face up to 90 days in jail, and/or a $1,000 fine, reports the outlet. (RELATED: Cancel Culture And Doxing Meet Their Final Boss)
There’s no doubt Hendrix said … the word you’re not supposed to say. She says it multiple times during the short video in question, to dispel any lingering doubts.
So what?
“Being racist is allowed in America,” to quote Geoffrey Ingersoll, Daily Caller Editor at Large.
Shiloh Hendrix has been charged with three counts of disorderly conduct by the Rochester City Attorney’s Office after calling a Black child the N-word for stealing from her child’s diaper bag.
Hendrix received hundreds of thousands of dollars on GiveSendGo after the incident… pic.twitter.com/m3GUlkra3G
— AF Post (@AFpost) August 26, 2025
Hendrix does not appear to approach the subject of her ire, Sharmake Beyle Omar, at random. Omar claimed cameraman credit in a subsequent Facebook interview. He also appears to be the same man embroiled in a dismissed juvenile sex abuse case.
Hendrix claims during the video that Omar’s relative, a young child, was rifling through her personal items and “took my son’s stuff.”
Omar pretty clearly indicates his intent in recording the video.
“You know, that’s a hate speech. And you can be recorded for that,” Omar tells Hendrix, after she uses a racial slur. He concludes the video by informing the mother, “Okay, we’ll see about that, what the internet has to say about you.”
He appears bent on bringing Hendrix to justice for thinking the wrong thoughts and saying those wrong thoughts aloud. If not by way of the law, by way of public opinion.
Omar failed in the latter pursuit. A great portion of the public rallied around Hendrix. Unfortunately, he may have triumphed in the former.
The legal complaint submitted to a district court judge reads, according to KTTC, “[Hendrix] wrongfully and unlawfully engaged in offensive, obscene, abusive, boisterous, or noisy conduct, or in offensive obscene, or abusive language that would reasonably tend to arouse alarm, anger, or resentment in others.” (RELATED: US Will ‘Soon’ Have ‘Illegal Hate Speech’ Laws, World Economic Forum Panelist Tells Brian Stelter)
Is speech that arouses anger now verboten? Or speech that inspires resentment?
If so, I suppose we’d all better pray whatever guy we like wins the next election. He — and his appointees — will be the ones deciding which words are too inflammatory to fall on the public’s ears.
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