Overview
- A jury in Olmsted County found Shiloh Hendrix guilty on one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct on Thursday and acquitted her on a second count.
- Judge Christa M. Daily imposed a stayed 90-day jail term, placed Hendrix on supervised probation, ordered 200 hours of community service, and fined her $1,000.
- A bystander’s cellphone video of the April 28, 2025, Roy Sutherland Playground encounter showing Hendrix repeatedly using the n-word was the central evidence in the trial.
- The boy at the center of the video is an autistic 8-year-old Somali child, and his father testified that he contacted the Rochester NAACP about 10 days after the incident, which then encouraged a police report and organized a fundraiser.
- Prosecutors argued the language and Hendrix’s conduct met Minnesota’s ‘fighting words’ disorderly conduct test while the defense said the case improperly criminalized offensive speech, and an appeal has been announced by Hendrix’s attorney.