Videotaped woman whose racial slurs against child went viral raises $300k online

A pistillate who went viral aft she was videotaped successful a confrontation for utilizing a radical slur against a kid has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars online, which she claimed she present needs to relocate for her family’s safety.

While immoderate whitethorn person donated to get her retired of the community, others defended her actions successful their replies to the fundraiser.

Shiloh Hendrix was videotaped arsenic a antheral confronted her astir utilizing the slur against a kid astatine Soldiers Field Memorial Park successful Rochester, Minnesota. She laughed and stuck her lingua astatine him arsenic she carried her ain kid connected her hip.

Hendrix defended her actions and told the antheral that the kid had stolen her kid’s diaper bag. When told the connection she was utilizing was “hate speech,” the pistillate responded that she didn’t “give a s***.”

The antheral said: “We’ll spot astir that, what the net has to accidental astir you.”

He added: "I person ne'er seen anybody beryllium a racist to a kid connected the spectrum of autism. Today, this is her."

It’s unclear precisely erstwhile the footage was taken.

Civil rights leaders condemned the pistillate for utilizing the slur, adjacent arsenic her GiveSendGo fundraiser amassed $300,000 since Thursday.

Hendrix identified herself connected the fundraiser leafage arsenic the pistillate successful the video. She said she created the fundraiser, which she entitled “Help Me Protect My Family,” aft she claimed her idiosyncratic information, including her code and Social Security number, had been leaked.

Additionally, the pistillate said she had received online threats.

"I fearfulness that we indispensable relocate," Hendrix wrote. "We person been threatened to the utmost by radical online. Anything volition help! We cannot, and volition not unrecorded successful fear!"

The parent again defended her actions, saying: “I called the kid retired for what helium was.”

Some who donated said successful the comments conception that they were defending the achromatic contention and escaped speech.

Others advised her to usage the wealth toward ineligible fees.

"We are each fatigued and cognize that alternatively than changing their behavior, minorities importune connected trying to constabulary our words," said Elijah Schaffer, who donated $650.

In a written statement, the Rochester Police Department said it is alert of the video and has received aggregate calls related to it.

“We are gathering accusation and actively looking into the matter," a section spokesperson told Newsweek.