More bullshit "reporting".
Kids from Covington Catholic participated in the March For Life. There was an incident as they waited for their bus following the march that has been widely reported as the students, many of whom wore Trump hats, being disrespectful to an elderly Native American who is also a Vietnam Vet. Representative Deb Haaland Tweeted: "The students’ display of blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance is a signal of how common decency has decayed under this administration. Heartbreaking." The Catholic Diocese and the high school have apologized...yet I cannot see anything these kids did wrong.. JMHO
The video linked in the story above doesn't show how the whole thing began, but as you can see in this video (:06), the kids are minding their own business and chanting "CCS" when the man walks up to them while beating his drum and stops in front of one kid:
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This video (9:15) shows another man telling the kids "you white people go back to Europe" as the older one continues beating his drum in the kid's face. Interestingly, towards the end of the video, a man in a black group, who I believe identify as Black Hebrew Israelites, start talking to the kids, dissing Trump, gays, and America...but they are never mentioned in the articles (several) I read.
I only saw a brief blurb or two about this incident, before today. Based on those, the USA Today article and some others I've since read...I agree. I've now watched a few different videos, and one thing is clear...whatever some of the high school kids may have said or done, they were definitely not the main or sole provocateurs of any "hate and intolerance" displayed. Neither were any of the Native American marchers, that I could see, including the tribe elder.
THAT dubious honor belongs to at least some in the "Black Hebrew Israelites" group.
At least one of the NAs was telling the boys "you white people go back to Europe". The elder drummer didn't say anything, but it was he who aporoached the boy and stood banging his drum smack in front of the boy. He claims they were yelling "build the wall", but when he approached they were chanting "CCS", maybe a school cheer.
The Black Israelites were the worst. I saw another video where they started in on another group right after the boys caught their bus.
I heard that, but couldn't make out what was said behind him before that. I know there are several videos of different parts of what happened Friday, and some very different accounts of what actually occurred. I haven't had a chance to watch them all, but I did view most, including one long one. The tension between the "Black Hebrew Israelites" and teenagers seemed to be escalating, and the elder walked in the middle and then up to the group of students chanting with his drum...and stood there.
What exactly happened after that led up to Phillips standing so close to the young man, I've not personally seen.
He seemed to single out that boy, walked right up to him and banged his drum and chanted.