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Shiloh Hendrix Won’t Be The Last Victim Of The Left’s Fight To Criminalize Speech

Words may be offensive and rude, but they are not violence.

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While at a Rochester, Minnesota, playground with her son last April, Shiloh Hendrix watched as an 8-year-old Somali child allegedly ran to her diaper bag and stole something. Hendrix reportedly shouted at the child and called him the n-word. A fellow Somali bystander, Sharmake Omar, began following and recording Hendrix and asked if she called the child a racial slur. Hendrix confirmed she did, and then called Omar the same slur as well. During this interaction, Hendrix is seen walking away from the Somali nationals.

Omar told Hendrix that her speech was “hate speech” and that he would post the video for the world to see. (Notably, Omar was charged in 2022 for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. The charges against him were later dismissed “in the interest of justice.”)

And the world did see it — and had the opportunity to judge for itself. Whether viewers of the incident condemned her, criticized her, or defended her, it was all their prerogative to have their own First Amendment thoughts on her use of her First Amendment right. It’s how free speech works.

Yet on Thursday, the government also decided that it should get to judge Hendrix’s First Amendment right. Hendrix was found not guilty on disorderly conduct toward the child but guilty on one count of disorderly conduct toward Omar, who taped a portion of the incident. Hendrix was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, placed........

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