Shiloh Hendrix and the Lie of Law

The great redeeming value of the Donald Trump years is that they’ve
clarified things. They have offered no salvation or solutions, but the
polarization they’ve engendered ensures no one can delude themselves about
what’s at stake. There is no longer any consensus about so-called American
values. The Left has abandoned free speech since 2017, and the Right is
turning against the “proposition nation.” Now, it appears both factions are
dismissing the “rule of law” itself, except as a slogan wielded in bad
faith. We can’t dispense with it quickly enough.

It was always a sham. Most of the great triumphs of American progressivism,
from desegregation to homosexual marriage, were imposed undemocratically by
justices who wanted to implement their policy preferences. Conceived by the
Founders as the weakest branch of government, the Supreme Court is today
essentially sovereign when it comes to domestic policy, with Congress
unable or unwilling to legislate, the states rendered meaningless
administrative entities, and even an “authoritarian” like Trump unwilling
to defy the Court on decisions like birthright citizenship.

However, that is changing. Progressives are more willing to defy power than
the Right, and with a conservative-leaning court, Democrats have lost their
former institutional reverence. They are openly discussing packing the
Court. Lower courts are also explicitly disobeying the Supreme Court on
immigration issues, with the supreme court in Hawaii essentially denying
its authority altogether.

Conservatives, given their naïve trust in institutions, abstractions, and
the Constitution, have been slow to react. They might also be counting on
the Supreme Court to eventually restore order, forgetting that Chief
Justice John Roberts sees his job as maintaining the Court’s legitimacy
among liberals, while swing vote Amy Coney Barrett is intimidated by
left-wing protests.

However, another case may do what the Supreme Court has not: awaken
ordinary white people to the lie of the “rule of law.” It is a case that
every American has a stake in. It is the case of Shiloh Hendrix, a white
mother in Minnesota who has been convicted for saying a word that is
repeated countless times every single day by the Regime’s pets.

In April 2025, a black child stole something from Hendrix’s bag. She
allegedly called the boy the Forbidden Word, the “N Word.” A certain
Sharmake Omar, a Somali, then followed Hendrix, filming her as she tried to
walk away with her child. Though a migrant, he understands how power
functions in the United States and repeatedly dared her to say the word.
She did.

The NAACP demanded charges be brought against her for Lèse-majesté, though
the system had to at least call it something like “disorderly conduct.”
Hendrix was probably lucky; she initially faced another charge, and some
wanted more. A misdemeanor offense going to a jury is something
extraordinary, and in this case it showed Minnesota’s determination to
enforce what is, in reality, a blasphemy law.

But white people did not behave the way they usually do. Largely because of
the black community’s support for the now convicted murderer Karmelo
Anthony, whites rallied to Hendrix and raised her a considerable amount of
money on GiveSendGo.

These racial proxy wars via fundraising herald the future, as atomized
Americans can feel like they are part of the struggle through online
activism. It is tempting to simply dismiss them as meaningless, but in a
society defined by spectacle, all of this has power. There is a feedback
loop: both sides radicalize each other. Identities are ultimately formed
and defended by vanguards. This is the kind of case that builds them.

A jury then convicted Hendrix on one of two counts of disorderly conduct.
Interestingly, she was acquitted of the charge that included using a racial
slur against the black child. This alleged incident was not caught on
video. Perhaps more importantly, the child’s father gave disastrously
self-contradictory testimony. Though witnesses saw him speaking English
with ease, the court went through the expensive farce of two translators
for him. He initially claimed that he did not know that there was a
fundraising site operating on his behalf. Later, however, he admitted he
did know about the site and even knew how much money he had received. While
it seems obvious that he committed perjury, the female judge — a Democrat
appointee — intervened on his behalf and even scolded the defense attorney
for attempting to show the court the still live fundraising site.

Indeed, as Hendrix’s attorney Brian Karalus admitted, he was not opposing
the prosecution so much during the jury as the judge. Tom Hennessey, a
pro-white activist on X, was seemingly the only person who actually
attended the trial in a media capacity to report what was taking place in
the courtroom. He noted the hostility of the judge, and efforts by her to
reduce the chances of appeal by trying to prevent the defense attorney from
having records made.

Though the media continues to imply that Hendrix is being punished for
using a racial slur against “a child,” the truth is that she was acquitted
of this, not least because a police officer testified that the child’s
father initially said he did not feel his son was in danger. Instead,
Hendrix was convicted of disorderly conduct in the more absurd case. Omar
followed her with a camera, daring her to say the Forbidden Word, which she
did, thus raising the question of whether it can really be “disorderly
conduct” when you are saying a word the “victim” dared you to say.

If the “N Word” is so powerful that blacks simply cannot be trusted to
refrain from violence if their delicate ears hear it, then surely the
person who is provoking the confrontation, particularly against someone who
is trying to leave with a child in hand, is the one responsible.

Nonetheless, the court system, in its majesty, decided that it became an
offense only when Hendrix herself said it. The capstone to the farce is
that the supposedly offended party did not testify. He has since fled to
Somalia with the money he raised from a fundraiser. He had also previously
been charged with a sex crime, but the state of Minnesota chose not to
prosecute him “in the interest of justice.”

The precedent this sets is terrifying. Every non-white in the country now
has an active incentive to follow white people around with a camera, daring
them to say something that might cause offense. Blacks can either get white
people put on trial for saying something or perhaps attack them with
impunity. Such standards only go one way. Even now, blacks are berating
random white people in Madison, Wisconsin, following a police shooting and
openly threatening violence. They are not being accused of disorderly
conduct, and they never will be.

Judge Christa Daily refused to mention the First Amendment in her jury
instructions. She also gave Hendrix a fairly severe sentence of supervised
probation and 200 hours of community service. This means the state will
also be able to interfere with her family. This is in striking contrast to
the lenient treatment she has extended to other defendants convicted of
real crimes, including sex crimes. Of course, every society punishes
blasphemy and political crimes more severely than crimes against other
citizens, so we should not be surprised.

A final capstone to the absurdity came when an obviously fake X profile
representing Hendrix emerged. The fake “Shiloh Hendrix” referred to herself
as a “Christian,” which Hendrix is not, and also said that she would host a
podcast and wanted to do interviews. Well-meaning whites promptly fell for
it and donated large amounts of money, whereupon a black man revealed that
he had been behind it and had successfully scammed “MAGA.” Of course,
confessing to a scam online, for millions of people to see, potentially
opens him up to felony charges, and he has since backtracked and claims he
is returning the money. However, that may not even be necessary — as a
black man, the law does not seem to apply to him at all.

Americans have been used to mocking Europeans and the British for their
supposed lack of free speech. The Shiloh Hendrix case shows that we do not
have it either. Indeed, it’s even worse. It’s not that the dreaded “N Word”
is banned. It’s practically ubiquitous. It’s that a young white woman who
was first the victim of a crime and then pursued by a foreigner cannot say
it without state punishment. In essence, this is akin to criminal penalties
for failing to call an aristocrat an honorific like “Your Grace.” However,
instead of being justified on the grounds of pedigree, it is precisely
because blacks are apparently too impulsive and violent to obey the same
rules as everyone else that they deserve special protection.

Law is now entirely downstream from identity and ideology. Perhaps it
always was.

The belief in universal morality, once the greatest asset of the West, has
become its greatest disadvantage. Concepts like “the rule of law,”
“colorblind justice,” or the “neutrality of judges” are as outdated and
nonsensical as the Donation of Constantine.

Hendrix deserves infinite credit for her courage in refusing to take a plea
deal and forcing this case to go to trial. She deserves our support for an
appeal. We all have a stake in the outcome of this case, and all have an
interest in promoting it as widely as possible.

If the West is to recover its soul and its sovereignty, the pretty lies
that have led us to this impasse must die. The most important target is and
has always been the courts, where the average white person is most likely
to experience the horrific nature of our ruling system.

Now, one mother from Minnesota, through her courage, has put the court
system itself on trial. The best weapon we have in this fight is our
solidarity.

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