Shiloh Hendrix, the woman captured in a viral video using a racial slur against a child at a park in April, will face three counts of disorderly conduct, the Rochester City Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
Possible Penalties
If convicted, Hendrix faces up to 90 days in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. The charges remain subject to review and approval by a district court judge.
A spokesperson for the City Attorney’s Office said the legal complaint concludes that 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.”
The Incident and Viral Video
The confrontation took place in April when Hendrix accused a five-year-old Somali child of stealing her toddler’s diaper bag. In the exchange, recorded by a bystander,
Hendrix admitted to using the racial slur.
MAN: “Did you call the child the N-WORD?”
HENDRIX: “Yeah, what if he acts like one… he took my son’s stuff.”
The video quickly went viral online, sparking widespread condemnation and leading