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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
No charging decision made yet in case related to viral video
Jun. 10—ROCHESTER — The Rochester City Attorney's Office has not made a charging decision for the case involving Shiloh Hendrix, a woman caught on video using a racial slur at a Rochester park. According to City Attorney Michael Spindler-Krage, the office has no updates to report yet, as of Monday, June 9. The viral video's case was referred to the city attorney's office on May 5 after the Rochester Police Department completed its investigation. The original video, which was posted on April 28, depicted a man confronting the woman for calling a Black child a racial slur at a Soldiers Field Park playground. Though the original video was deleted, social media influencers had reposted the video with their own commentary. One user's repost on TikTok has since garnered 14.2 million views and 1.3 million likes. The woman in the video identified herself as Shiloh Hendrix in a crowdfunding campaign, asking the public to help her family relocate after their personal information was leaked. As of Tuesday, June 10, Hendrix's campaign has raised more than $790,000. In response to her fundraising efforts, the Rochester branch of the NAACP created a GoFundMe to raise $340,000 for the child in the video and his family. Days after the video was posted, a town hall and protests were held to encourage the city attorney's office to press charges against Hendrix. At the time, Spindler-Krage said it would be premature to estimate when a final decision would be made but that his office would release its decision publicly. The Rochester branch of the NAACP urged the city attorney's office and Olmsted County Attorney's Office "to act with urgency, seriousness, thoroughness, and expediency." The statement listed seven Minnesota criminal statutes the organization believes would apply to the case. The case marks the second completed investigation into a high-profile incident involving race in Rochester over the last year. On April 14, 2024, a racial slur was spelled out using plastic cups in the chain-link fence on the pedestrian bridge over East Circle Drive. The Rochester Police Department identified the four teenagers responsible for the act and referred the case to the Olmsted County Attorney's Office on June 3, 2024. Three days later, former County Attorney Mark Ostrem said his office would not file charges. While the incident was offensive, Ostrem wrote at the time, it has protection under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In August 2024, a state representative found racist graffiti painted on her shed, a swastika on a window of her home, and paint over all but one of the surveillance cameras around her house. The investigation has not been completed.
Hindustan Times
02-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Who is Sharmake Beyle Omar, Rochester man being linked to Shiloh Hendricks racial slur video?
A woman, identified as Shiloh Hendricks, created a GiveSendGo fundraiser after a video of her allegedly hurling a racist phrase at a five-year-old child went viral on social media. She alleges that a man with previous 'law enforcement history' followed her and recorded her. In the video, Hendricks can be seen using the 'N-word', which is offensive to dark-skinned people. Now, social media users are speculating whether the man who recorded her is a Sharmake Beyle Omar of Rochester. Omar's alleged rapsheet has surfaced on X, platform formerly known as Twitter. Back in 2023, two Rochester men, Mohamed Hussein Omer and Sharmake Beyle Omar, appeared in court on charges of criminal sexual conduct. However, the Olmsted County Attorney's Office dismissed charges in March of 2025. Court documents state that the case was dismissed 'in the interest of justice'. Republican State Delegate and Precinct Chair Sarah Fields tweeted, identifying the man who recorded the video as Sharmake Beyle Omar. 'Many are calling him a 'p*do' due to an older case where he was accused of assaulting a 16-year-old. However, according to court documents, the accusations were dropped, and he was cleared of all allegations. He has several children and was allowing them to play at the park when the incident occurred,' Fields wrote. Hendricks has raised over $200,000 after her video went viral. She claimed that the child stole a diaper bag from her 18-month-old baby. 'My name is Shiloh and I have been put into a very dire situation. I recently had a kid steal from my 18month old sons diaper bag at a park. I called the kid out for what he was. Another man, who we recently found out has had a history with law enforcement, proceeded to record me and follow me to my car,' the woman says in the description of the fundraiser.
