On April 28, a Rochester, Minn., White woman named Shiloh Hendrix accused a five-year-old Black boy with autism of stealing something from her diaper bag. Her racism became immediately evident ...

Since that encounter, Omar says he's received death threats and had to leave his home after his personal information was leaked. Sharmake Omar "My life has been turned upside down," Omar said.

A video recorded at a Rochester, Minnesota, playground of a woman repeatedly shouting a racial slur has garnered strong responses from activist groups. The video captures Sharmake Omar confronting ...

Nashauna Johnson-Lenoir, center, introduces Sharmake Omar to the crowd at a call-to-action event at Soldiers Field Park in Rochester, Monday, May 5, 2025. Omar took the video that has gone viral ...

I’m being punished very severely after doing something good,” said Sharmake Omar, the man whose video has been viewed millions of times worldwide since it was released to social media.

A video of a Rochester, Minnesota, mom appearing to hurl a racist slur at a Black child on a city playground earlier this week has been circulating widely across social media, garnering criticism ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC /Gray News) – A white Minnesota mother accused of using racial slurs against a 5-year-old Black boy at a playground has raised over $600,000 for herself on an online ...

The man recording the video identified himself as Sharmake Omar. He is not the father of the 5-year-old child who was the target of the verbal attack, but Omar told KTTC he felt he needed to ...