Thread: Media's Wild Mischaracterized on Video of Covington Catholic Students Confronting a Native American

-Partial video footage of students from a Catholic high school allegedly harassing a Native American veteran after the anti-abortion March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., over the weekend quickly went viral, provoking widespread condemnation of the kids on social media. Various media figures and Twitter users called for them to be doxed, shamed, or otherwise punished, and school administrators said they would consider expulsion.

But the rest of the video—nearly two hours of additional footage showing what happened before and after the encounter—adds important context that strongly contradicts the media's narrative.

Far from engaging in racially motivated harassment, the group of mostly white, MAGA-hat-wearing male teenagers remained relatively calm and restrained despite being subjected to incessant racist, homophobic, and bigoted verbal abuse by members of the bizarre religious sect Black Hebrew Israelites, who were lurking nearby. The BHI has existed since the late 19th century, and is best describes as a black nationalist cult movement; its members believe they are descendants of the ancient Israelites, and often express condemnation of white people, Christians, and gays. DC-area Black Hebrews are known to spout particularly vile bigotry

Phillips put himself between the teens and the black nationalists, chanting and drumming as he marched straight into the middle of the group of young people. What followed was several minutes of confusion: The teens couldn't quite decide whether Phillips was on their side or not, but tentatively joined in his chanting. It's not at all clear this was intended as an act of mockery rather than solidarity.

One student did not get out of Phillips way as he marched, and gave the man a hard stare and a smile that many have described as creepy. This moment received the most media coverage: The teen has been called the product of a "hate factory" and likened to a school shooter, segregation-era racist, and member of the Ku Klux Klan. I have no idea what he was thinking, but portraying this as an example of obvious, racially-motivated hate is a stretch. Maybe he simply had no idea why this man was drumming in his face, and couldn't quite figure out the best response? It bears repeating that Phillips approached him, not the other way around.
And that's all there is to it. Phillips walked away after several minutes, the Black Hebrew Israelites continued to insult the crowd, and nothing else happened.

You can judge for yourself. Here is video footage of the full incident, from the perspective of the black nationalists. Phillips enters the picture around the 1:12 mark, but if you skip to that part, you miss an hour of the Black Hebrew Israelites hurling obscenities at the students...

https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/20/c...phillips-video



The first few minutes give you an idea of how it all started and if you skip thru to the 1:12 mark you will see how it was the old man who started the confrontation with the boys. Interesting how many times he lied and kept changing his story once the whole video was discovered:

My liberal friends are stubbornly holding on to the old narrative. Their reasoning? Boys wearing MAGA hats and marching against a woman's right to choose.

It would of been nice to have gotten to visit there years ago before all this type of stuff went on. What a eye opener!!! It is just to bad that the news media's always play games with what they put out as "news". It is more sad that way to many people get sucked into what the news says as if it is totally honest and truthful.... maybe one day people in America will wake up.

Originally Posted by Ezekiel 33

From what I am hearing the man was not a Vietnam vet, but a dishonorably charged for AWOL marine.

The more that is coming out about this supposed hero of the left, the more scummy he's looking...add stolen valor to the list:

https://www.conservativedailynews.co...etnam-veteran/

Nick Sandmann’s Lawyer Plans To Sue Nathan Phillips For Defamation

-An attorney representing Nick Sandmann, the 16-year-old Covington Catholic High School student who was smeared as a bigot when he was, in fact, the victim, will be suing Nathan Phillips, the Native American activist who lied about his encounter with the teen.

Atlanta-based lawyer L. Lin Wood told LifeSiteNews on Thursday that he would be suing Phillips for his “lies and false accusations” against the Covington Catholic students — and Sandmann in particular. He also told the outlet that he would “file the first round of civil lawsuits within the next two weeks.”

Sandmann’s attorneys previously sent letters to 54 entities — including Democrat politicians, news outlets, and individual reporters — notifying them of a potential lawsuit. That list “continues to grow in number,” Wood told LifeSite, adding that Sandmann’s attorneys are “in the process of sending formal written retraction demands in conformity with statutes in states in which litigation may be filed...”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/43274...ips-ashe-schow

That's One Down: CNN Settles with 'MAGA Hat Kid' Nick Sandmann

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Good news. I'm glad to hear that they are being held to account!