Parents of the child, which are referred to in viral racist slur video attempts; Rochester NAACP calls for “quick and transparent legal steps” against Shiloh Hendrix – ABC 6 News

(ABC 6 News) – In a press release on Thursday, the Rochester branch of the NAACP asked for a viral video in which Hendrix used racist deteriorations against a black child.

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“This is a legal matter, and it is also a moral,” said Walé Elegbee, President of the Rochester branch of the NAACP about the press release. “We ask our legal institutions to act with urgency, seriousness, thoroughness and expediency. Everything else would be a bad service for this child, this family and our entire community.”

In addition, the family of this child published an explanation that the Rochester police thanked for their investigation of the matter and the Rochester NAACP for their support.

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You can find the explanation below:

We are the boy's parents, the victims of racist pollution and attacks on soldiers in Rochester, MN, and here is our statement.

• We thank the Rochester police department for their thorough investigation and contacts with our family in this difficult time.
• We thank the NAACP Rochester, MN Branch, for your unshakable support and legal profession to ensure that our child and our family get justice.
• We also thank all individuals and organizations worldwide who have developed in this difficult time to support our family. We very much appreciate your financial, moral and other support.
• This event caused great pain and many sleepless nights to our family. It has a negative impact on the well -being of all of our family members and the quality of our lives. We no longer feel safe in our home and in our community. It looked mentally, physically, financially and emotionally, and yet our children are afraid of going to public parks and playgrounds. We were constantly worried about our surroundings. We all experienced the racist trauma that performed.
• It will take years for our family, especially our children, recover from the painful event and experience.
• We ask the public and the authorities to protect our identity and privacy. As parents, our priority is to concentrate on offering our children care, security and protection they need. And connect them to the resources in the community to address their trauma and pain. We work with the Naacp Rochester, MN, with resources to tackle this trauma and pain.
• We condemn every hatred based on breed, ethnicity, religion or color.
• We demand justice for our family, the public and the larger community. And keep the perpetrator
  responsible for their actions.
• Thank you for your expression of support, friendliness and with us in this difficult time.

The Rochester NAACP has published a list of criminal statutes that he believes that they are applicable and should be taken into account for law enforcement:

• Minn. Stat. 609.72 – Unordinary behavior: prohibits abusive, obscene or insulting behaviors that reasonably cause the alarm or anger, including racist losses and aggressive public behavior.
• Minn. Stat. 609.224 body injury fifth degree: Criminalized actions with the intention of causing fear of immediate body loss, which includes persecution and threat to a child.
• Minn. Stat. 609.749 – Nasting/stalking: covers intentional behavior that causes emotional stress and which address such actions on children or people with disabilities.
• Minn. Stat. 609.2231, subd. 4-bias-motivated attack: offers improved punishments if the attack is motivated by the breed, disability, nationality, religion, ethnicity or another protected status of the victim.
• Minn. Stat. 609,378 hazard of children: Forbid to bring a child into a situation that probably damage his intellectual, emotional or physical well-being.
• Minn. Stat. 609.02, subd. 10 – Definition of attack: explains that attacks contain acts with the intention of causing fear – physical contact is not necessary so that an action can be made for use.
• Minn. Stat. 609.222 – Attack in the second degree: applies if an object used or swanged in A
  Threatening way during the incident.