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A Minnesota woman caught on a viral video calling an autistic child the N-word is painting herself as the victim — and has raked in more than $500,000 in an online fundraiser after declaring her personal information had been leaked because of the incident.
Shiloh Hendrix identified herself as the mother caught on camera this week hurling the vile slur at a 5-year-old boy she allegedly caught rifling through her bag at a playground in Rochester, about 90 minutes south of Minneapolis.
Hendrix can then be seen in the clip turning her ire, and profanity, on the black man who confronted her and filmed the incident.
When Sharmake Omar asked Hendrix if she flung the vile slur at the child, she told him, “Yeah,” the clip showed.
“He took my son’s stuff,” she declared.
Omar, 30, pressed the blonde woman, who was carrying a child on her hip, and asked if “digging” through her belongings would justify using a racial slur against a child.
“If that’s what he’s going to act like,” she said before repeating the slur several times at Omar while he recorded.
Thousands of people online condemned Hendrix for using the hateful language, especially against a child.
The boy is autistic, Omar told NBC News, adding his parents, who are from Somalia, were supervising their three other children on the playground at the time of the incident.
“That little boy … was visibly upset by the incident,” Omar, who also has Somalian heritage but is not related to the boy, told the outlet.
During the confrontation, Hendrix allegedly told him he and his wife shouldn’t have more children because they are a drain on the welfare system.
Hendrix has since proclaimed herself victim of an attack — asserting online that the viral video has put her family in jeopardy.
“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,” the woman, identifying herself as Hendrix, wrote in a crowdsourcing post.
“Another man, who we recently found out has had a history with law enforcement, proceeded to record me and follow me to my car. He then posted these videos online which has caused my family, and myself, great turmoil,” she wrote, referring to Omar.
“My SSN has been leaked. My address, and phone number have been given out freely. My family members are being attacked. My eldest child may not be going back to school. Even where I exercise has been exposed.”
Hendrix claimed she believes she must relocate herself and her two children to “escape” threats stemming from the Internet, and has asked for $1 million to make the move.
As of early Saturday, more than $525,000 had been raised.
While Hendrix claimed in the post that Omar had a history of problems with law enforcement, state court records show she has multiple convictions of her own, including driving under the influence, disorderly conduct and brawling.
The Rochester Police Department said Friday it was investigating the matter after receiving multiple calls relating to the video.
Minnesota law defines one type of assault as an action taken with “intent to cause fear.” It would be considered a misdemeanor.
The boy’s parents have expressed support for prosecution, according to Omar.
Neither Omar nor Hendrix could be immediately reached for comment by The Post.
On Friday, the Minnesota Democratic delegation commended Omar for standing up to Hendrix even as she continues to spew hate.
“We condemn these vile acts of racism in the strongest way possible. This disgusting rhetoric has no place in our community, and we’re grateful that a bystander took action and prevented further escalation by the perpetrator,” the group said in a statement.
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