{"id":479815,"date":"2026-09-29T22:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479815\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T22:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:58:08","slug":"san-jose-racist-karen-grins-for-cameras-in-bizarre-court-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479815\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose ‘racist Karen’ grins for cameras in bizarre court visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern California\u2019s \u2018racist Karen<\/a>\u2018 made a bizarre appearance Tuesday \u2014 flashing a huge grin for cameras after allegedly hounding a father and daughter in a viral confrontation.<\/p>\n

Lindsay Hansen, 47, of San Jose, smiled broadly as she arrived in court, where reporters were waiting to cover the case, NBC Bay Area reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lindsay Hansen smiles during her appearance at the Hall of Justice on Tuesday. Hansen is accused of making discriminatory remarks to a father and his child in a viral video. NBC BAY AREA<\/p>\n

The mother became the center of attention after video surfaced showing her allegedly accusing a father of sex trafficking his own daughter<\/a> because their skin colors did not match.<\/p>\n

She \u201cfalsely (accused) the father of sex trafficking his child due to differences in the color of their skin\u201d on Sept. 6, Britlyn McCormick, a deputy district attorney with the Santa Clara County DA\u2019s office, said, according to the Press Democrat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the video, Hansen can be heard yelling at the father from the passenger-side window of her car as she recorded him and the child.<\/p>\n

Northern California\u2019s \u2018racist Karen\u2019 made a bizarre appearance in court after a video went viral of her accusing a father of sex trafficking his daughter. Yosemite Shyam<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m making sure that you\u2019re not sex trafficking this poor little girl who\u2019s very unhappy to be with you,\u201d Hansen told the father. \u201cAnd doesn\u2019t look like your child.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a white little girl and you are a man of color. So, I believe you are either buying or selling or trafficking this child.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities told the Press Democrat that Hansen had allegedly confronted the same father multiple times.<\/p>\n

A woman confronts a man walking with his six-year-old daughter in California. Yosemite Shyam<\/p>\n

One time she allegedly asked the child \u201cdo you need help?\u201d Another time, she was accused of questioning the father \u201care you legally in this country?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She is facing a variety of charges including felony hate crime and stalking in the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lindsay Hansen is pictured in this undated photo. Facebook\/@Lindsay-Hansen<\/p>\n

Hansen is also accused of other deranged incidents in the community, including allegedly entering a girls\u2019 locker room at a San Jose Unified school and accusing PE teachers of inappropriate behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

San Jose Unified sent out an alert<\/a> saying it was aware of a woman harassing people in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received reports of an individual harassing members of our community, including recording videos and taking photographs and posting content on social media,\u201d the message read.<\/p>\n

She \u201cfalsely (accused) the father of sex trafficking his child due to differences in the color of their skin\u201d on Sept. 6,\u00a0 said Britlyn McCormick, deputy district attorney with the Santa Clara County DA\u2019s office. Yosemite Shyam<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Jose Unified has filed a police report and is working closely with the San Jose Police Department.\u201d<\/p>\n

The police department said \u201cit was reported that social media photos were located showing an adult female subject unassociated to the school, accessing the high school locker room\u2026 the investigation is active.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hansen\u2019s many social media posts include a suggestion that Pope Leo XIV is Satan, numerous posts about the Epstein files, various antisemitic posts, and a post saying the birth of her child in 2020 kicked off the 7-year tribulation, or the end times.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Hansen appeared in court for an unrelated case in which she\u2019s accused of threatening to kill her former employer and her child back in March.\u00a0 NBC BAY AREA<\/p>\n

On Friday, Hansen appeared in court for an unrelated case in which she\u2019s accused of threatening to kill her former employer and her child back in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She is facing several charges in that case, including threatening a crime resulting in death or great bodily injury. She was out on bail at the time the video involving the father that went viral.<\/p>\n

Hansen is expected to be back in court on Thursday after her appearance in the stalking case\u00a0was continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern California\u2019s \u2018racist Karen\u2018 made a bizarre appearance Tuesday \u2014 flashing a huge grin for cameras after allegedly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7,723,4182,266,3690,88,90,89,3586],"class_list":["post-479815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-california","tag-crime","tag-metro","tag-northern-california","tag-racism","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}