Tom Hennessy@Tomhennessey69
🚨 🚨 Shiloh Hendrix update 🚨 🚨
One count of disorderly conduct has been dropped at today’s court hearing!!
In the hearing, Shiloh’s attorney Brian Karalus conceded the incident happened and that Hendrix used a slur toward a Black child. However, he argued that speech is protected under the First Amendment.
He also contended that the speech does not meet the legal definition of “fighting words” meant to incite immediate violence. Instead, he described Hendrix’s words as reactionary.
“A kid, the color of his skin was black, stole something from her,” Karalus said.
He argued that the act of filming her in the aftermath was more provocative than her own actions, comparing it to people filming immigration officials with the intent to provoke.
“Someone filming someone with their camera is closer to disorderly conduct versus the use of off-color speech,” he said.