City leaders in Midvale, Utah, are condemning a local woman following the posting of a now-viral video where she verbally and physically attacked a Utah family solely based on the fact that the husband and child are Black.
In the video, the woman, identified as Kathryn Smith, even threatens the couple’s young son, promising to feed him to her hybrid African cats.
R. Michael McWhorter, a popular antiracism TikToker, known as Tizzy Ent., shared a video outlining numerous instances of Smith approaching the family. Posted on Monday, Dec. 11, the video has been viewed over 1 million times in less than 24 hours.
The community and elected officials have expressed their outrage over the disturbing content he highlights in the 6:34 minute clip, questioning why it has taken authorities so long to arrest her.
Over 100 videos, documented by the mother of the targeted family using her cellphone and a home security camera, depict Smith repeatedly hurling obscenities at the family’s residence. The woman is captured walking up to their property, fiddling with their vehicle, and sometimes, in the middle of the night, driving her car to their home and parking in front of it.
Multiple videos show Smith specifically targeting the couple’s 9-year-old son, whom Tizzy says “lives in fear.”
According to the vlogger, the elementary student looks outside to ensure the woman is not outside when he wants to play in his family’s yard.
Smith is seen on surveillance video telling the boy, “Get in your house n—r… Stay in your own house n—r.” One clip shows the boy and his friend running after seeing her car approach, and as she passes, the boy puts his fingers in his ears as she continues her racist rants while driving by.
McWhorter says the woman has chased the boy and once said, “I have savanna cats from Africa. … I’m going to feed you to my savanna cats.”
“My cats are going to eat you,” she reportedly…
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