UPDATE: Jury reaches a verdict in trial of Shiloh Hendrix

KIMT ^ | 07 23 2026 | Sam Covone, Mike Bunge

[yesthatjallen]

UPDATE: The jury has reached the verdict of:

NOT GUILTY on the first count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct, which is the interaction with the child.

GUILTY on the on the second count for the interaction with the videographer.

Hendrix will also receive supervised probation, will serve 200 hours of community work service, and is also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.

SNIP

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KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; blackkk; kimt; mikebunge; minnesota; naacp; samcovone; shilohhendrix

[DiogenesLamp]

UPDATE: Jury reaches a verdict in trial of Shiloh Hendrix

Very predictable. Modern America has been taught one of the worst crimes you can commit is to use the N-word.

Pretty sure this gets turned over on appeal.

Free Speech is a thing, even for words people don't like.

[V_TWIN]

A lot of people might not be familiar with this story my friend....I know I’m not.

You might want to provide a little more context next time.

[jroehl]

I asked Googles AI:

If it was a white autistic boy and she called him a cracker would she have been cited?

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Whether she would have been cited under those exact circumstances depends entirely on how police and prosecutors interpreted Minnesota’s disorderly conduct law regarding “fighting words” and public disruption.
Under the law, a citation is not determined by the specific racial slur used, but rather by the context of the situation and the disruption it causes.
## The Legal Threshold: “Fighting Words”
In Minnesota, using racial slurs or offensive language in public is generally protected by the First Amendment unless it crosses the line into disorderly conduct. To be legally cited or charged, the speech must meet specific criteria:

* Incitement to Violence: The words must be “fighting words”—defined as language that by its very utterance inflicts injury or tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace.
* Public Disruption: The conduct must alarms, angers, or disturbs others, or provokes an immediate assault or breach of the peace.

## How the Law Applies Regardless of Race
Technically, Minnesota’s disorderly conduct statute (Statute 609.72) is entirely race-neutral.

* The Slur Itself: Using the word “cracker” toward a white child and a bystander in an aggressive, public confrontation could legally be argued as “fighting words” if a prosecutor believed it was inherently designed to provoke violence or severely disturb the peace.
* The Incident Context: The core of the legal case against Hendrix relied heavily on the aggression of the confrontation and the public disruption it caused, which was captured on video. A similar high-volume, aggressive public altercation involving a different slur could still trigger a disorderly conduct citation if it caused a comparable public disturbance.

## The Practical Reality of Enforcement
While the letter of the law applies to any group, the practical decision to issue a citation or file criminal charges relies on law enforcement discretion and prosecutorial judgment:

* Discretion: Officers on the scene evaluate whether the language used was likely to cause an immediate physical fight or public riot.
* Historical Context: In practice, the legal system and society often view slurs with deep historical trauma (like the N-word) as having a higher inherent potential to incite immediate anger or violence compared to other derogatory terms. However, if any confrontation escalates to a point where it severely breaches public peace, a citation remains a legal possibility.

[ProudDeplorable]

This should never have been put on trial. Disgusting.

[janetjanet998]

Here a video of what She did
Shiloh Hendrix found GUILTY of disorderly conduct toward Somali filming her
https://rumble.com/shorts/v7d7194

[Deaf Smith]

>>use the N-word

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Start calling the Somalis Skinnies.

[Dacula]

Call them Sand Naggers.

Free speech and all.

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use the N-word
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Start calling the Somalis Skinnies.

[V_TWIN]

Thanks

[Fai Mao]

The process was the punishment

[Bshaw]

“You might want to provide a little more context next time.”

There’s a link to the story in the post. I know research can be hard, but in this case it’s as easy as making your mouse go “click”.

[V_TWIN]

It’s minnesotastan.

First a city, then a state and finally the whole country if we don’t stop it.

It’s high time Americans stopped recoiling for fear of being accused of being some sort of “phobe”.

Our country is literally at stake and people better wake up before they find themselves praying to a fake deity 5 times a day for fear of being beheaded.

[Kleon]

also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.

That's like 1/1000th the amount well-wishers have contributed to her GoFundMe.

[V_TWIN]

If YOU had clicked on the link you would find the story provides very little about the context of what this is all about and just goes right in to the sentencing.

[mewzilla]

On a related note...

We know voter rolls are being beeped with.

What about jury pools.

Neither my husband nor I have received a jury summons of any kind for years.

Not since I became a Trump donor when 47 ran the the first time.

What if counties/states are using FEC records to purge jury pools of Trump donors...?

[chief lee runamok]

"A lot of people might not be familiar with this story.."

I wasn't either, actually reading the article helps.

[hcmama]

"Prosecutors said this is a straightforward case based on evidence, not emotion. They argue Hendrix's words fall under fighting words and that her conduct was disorderly."

I hope she appeals and sues the state for malicious prosecution.

No way in hell this falls under the "fighting words" precedent established in Brandenburg v. Ohio,

Unless the prosecutors are saying the Somali thug was incapable of controlling himself.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

So the jury split the baby.

1. “N-word” charge - Not Guilty.
2. Confrontation with videographer - Guilty.

I wonder why she didn’t file counter-charges against the little Somali kid for rifling through her belongings. The excuse came out at trial that the little Somali kid did not understand American custom, that you can’t just go through other peoples’ stuff.

[Mathews]

Shoot, those who live here are far from skinny. They’re all eating very well thanks to your tax dollars.

[libertylover]

will serve 200 hours of community work service

Reminds me of a case from Portland, OR. a few years ago during one of the riots. A woman threw a Molotov Cocktail into a police SUV with 5 police officers inside. They caught her, charged her, and convicted her. The judge sentenced her to 36 hours of community service.