Last year, we documented how WorldNetDaily tried to twist the case of Shiloh Hendrix — a Minnesota woman who was caught on video spewing the N-word — into a victimhood narrative. Hendrix went into the find-out phase of her case, and Bob Unruh was still trying to push the victimhood narrative in a July 25 article:
A jury in Rochester, Minnesota, has convicted a woman of disorderly conduct for a racial epithet she used against a man who confronted her.
The two conflicted in a public park because the woman caught a little boy taking items out of a diaper bag she had for her child.
Online reporting confirmed the fight was over use of the N-word, which was used both by the woman and the man who was recording the confrontation. He apparently objected to her verbal characterization of the boy who took the item with the N-word.
[..]Her punishment, which is heading toward appeal, was one year of probation, a $1,000 fine, 200 hours of community service, and a stayed 90-day jail term.
“Rochester NAACP chapter president Wale Elegbede called the outcome a ‘mixed result,’ stating, ‘There isn’t a path to restorative justice where there’s no remorse,'” the report said.
Meanwhile, defense lawyer Brian Karalus said the result was a “fraud” obtained in a “circus.”
“Many observers have raised concerns that the conviction represents an assault on free speech, arguing the words, while offensive, do not meet the legal threshold for unprotected ‘fighting words.’ A growing number of people are asking why this case was ever brought to court at all, and whether selective enforcement risks undermining the First Amendment,” a report noted.
Unruh wouldn’t elaborate on where that “report” came from. And surprisingly, he did note that Hendrix “raised almost $900,000 through an online fundraiser titled ‘Help Me Protect My Family,'” though it seems that people need to be protected from Hendrix’s offensive language. He also failed to note that the results of the online fundraiser will more than cover the fine she faces.