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Members of the Rochester community denounce “racist” online video

This week, a video of millions of people online was outraged by many people.

The video, which was recorded on a Rochester playground, shows an angry woman who mentions a five-year-old boy as a “n-word”.

The background story:

The woman accused the child of trying to take something out of her diaper bag.

Now the members of the community are organizing rallies to accuse the wife of a hate crime.

On Monday, annoyed parishioners gathered on the Roy Sutherland Playground to request the public prosecutor's office.

“I have the feeling that it could be classified as a hate crime. I mean that this is a child. They don't follow such a child,” said Asia Johnson. “There are so many other options that can be handled. That was the wrong way to deal with this situation.”

Witness speaks out

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The man who recorded the video was also there and he told the crowd that the video had changed his life.

“It was very hard days, very hard,” Sharmake Beyle Omar said to a lot. “I did the right thing, but at the moment it's a counter reaction … I've not slept lately.”

Added to this is the outrage of the crowd, and the woman who used the “N word” could soon benefit from a fundraising campaign that has collected more than 600,000 US dollars due to “online threats” so that she can move.

A fundraising campaign for the child involved has collected around 300,000 US dollars.

The Rochester police delivered this update:

“The police authority of the city of Rochester has completed an investigation of a troubling video on social media. The findings were submitted to the law firm in Rochester

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