San Jose officials warned the community about a woman who’s been allegedly harassing families near local schools, including filming inside a high school locker room and accusing a father of trafficking his daughter — then posting the videos on TikTok.
Parents and students in the San Jose Unified School District were notified about recent incidents inside and near local schools by a white woman who some in the community have described as exhibiting patterns of “erratic” and “ongoing racist” behavior. As NBC Bay Area reports, the district says the woman has been recording and photographing members of the school community and posting the footage on social media.
The woman's recent posts reportedly appear to show her entering a high school locker room while making accusations about PE teachers and spouting right-wing rhetoric on religion, race, and sex. Her social media account reportedly contains numerous videos and posts with similar themes.
Prior to the school district’s warning, a local father in San Jose’s Almaden neighborhood filmed the woman Sunday in a now-viral video, accusing him of sex-trafficking his young daughter. He later described himself on social media as “brown,” while noting that his daughter is “half-white.”
“I’m recording you too,” the woman tells him in the video, claiming she works with federal authorities.
@yosemiteshyam She accused me of trafficking my own daughter, commented on our different skin colors, then quoted the Bible and told us to “burn in hell.” #karen #racism #karensoftiktok#karensgonewild #sanjose #losgatos #racistwomen ♬ original sound - yosemiteshyam
A resident told told KTVU, he was shocked that such an incident could happen in the Almaden community.
“Making an accusation based on race alone is, like, not really right. That's not something we should support,” he said. “I didn't really think that sort of stuff could happen here.”
The San Jose Police Department is investigating both incidents.
Per KTVU, the woman’s family had previously reported her missing in 2022, when a relative said she was experiencing significant mental health issues. She reportedly lives with her elderly father.
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