Unlike many American far-leftist activists love to claim, the US does not have "hate speech" laws. So-called "hate speech" is not illegal because it's, still, considered to be speech protected by the First Amendment.
Of course that doesn't stop cops and courts from prosecuting people for "hate speech" anyway. They just masquerade it as something else. As the saying goes, "the good thing about laws is that there are so many of them to choose from". It's the stalinistic principle of "show me the man and I'll show you the crime."
Or, in this particular example, the woman.
Some time ago a controversy arose when someone published a video of a white woman using the "N-word" against a child some random man who was loitering near the playground (not related to the child), in the city of Rochester, New York.
Obviously that sent the far-leftists completely crazy. The city wanted to sue her because quite obviously she's guilty.
Problem is, using that word is not illegal even to this day. People can only be put on trial for actual crimes for which there are laws, not made-up ones. But as always, that's no problem: Just go through the statutes and select one that fits the best. In this case they decided on "disorderly conduct".
Never mind that this situation did not meet the requirements for "disorderly conduct". That's inconsequential.
Not only was she put on trial, it was an outright jury trial. For "disorderly conduct", a misdemeanor.
Recently the trial concluded and the jury came with a split decision of convicting her of one of the two "disorderly conduct" charges: 1000 dollars and some hours of community service.
For doing something that's actually not illegal. And this even though in the video the man was clearly taunting the woman to say the word. Didn't matter.
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