The incident prompted Rochester City Attorney Michael Spindler-Krage to charge Hendrix with two counts of disorderly conduct, one involving her words and behavior toward the [black] child and the other involving her words and behavior toward the [black] man who video taped the incident.
The guilty verdict was related to her behavior toward the man who video taped the confrontation.
Hendrix was sentenced immediately following the verdict being read. She was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, was placed on probation and ordered to complete community service. She initially faced up to 90 days in jail, but will serve no jail time unless probation is broken.
After the video of her hurling racial slurs went viral, Hendrix claimed she had been doxxed and threatened, and launched an online fundraising campaign to help her relocate. That campaign has raised close to $900,000.
Shortly after the incident, the Rochester branch of the NAACP set up a fundraiser to help the family, raising more than $330,000, which is now in a trust for the child.
So cursed that she’s raised ~$900k while the actual victims have only raised ~$330k — then she doesn’t have to do any jail time? What the actual fuck?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Sam_law
Tl;Dr while the actual laws against profiting from the crime outside of the crime itself tend to get struck down as unconstitutional, by clearly and publicly profiting in such a way she’s opened herself to further lawsuits that tend to end up seizing everything.
This was the criminal penalty, and she’s still open to further civil restitution for damages, which will almost certainly win thanks to the success of the criminal charges.
Assuming the family wants to do it, anyways, there’s no guarantee and people generally just want these things to be over with.