Posted on 02/03/2019 7:31:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
By now most everyone knows that the Covington Catholic High School boys didn't mob and harass a revered "tribal elder" at the Lincoln Memorial following the March for Life on January 18. The boys were actually targeted and harassed by two groups of protesters: the Black Hebrew Israelites (who hurled hateful, racial, homophobic slurs at them) and Native American activists from the American Indian Movement, led by "tribal elder" Nathan Phillips.
A nationwide media frenzy erupted after the Covington boys were falsely accused of mocking Phillips, spurring hundreds of threats against the school and the school's students from across the country by phone, email, and social media.
Not everyone who helped perpetuate the initial fake story has retracted their claims or apologized, and lawyers for the Covington families are working hard to make sure people are held accountable.
A new fourteen-minute video of the incident in Washington, D.C., last month emphasizes the starring role Phillips took in spreading the fraudulent narrative and the supporting roles the uncritical media took in smearing the innocent kids.
The video was released Saturday by L. Lin Wood, the high-profile attorney who was retained by the family of Nicholas Sandmann, the 16-year-old who smiled at Phillips while the activist banged on a drum and chanted in his face. The initial viral video clip of that confrontation spurred widespread condemnation and death threats against the 16-year-old. Wood's specialty is bringing "aggressive libel and slander suits against media organizations," reportedly.
"Two weeks ago, the mainstream media, politicians, church officials, commentators, & celebrities rushed to judgment to wrongfully condemn, threaten, disparage & vilify Nick Sandmann based solely on a few seconds of an out-of-context video clip. It only takes 15 minutes to learn the truth," Wood said in the YouTube description.
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Thank you!
In a just world, the kids would all be multi-billionaires. If everyone of the people and organizations who are named in the libel list were laying penniless in a ditch tomorrow, the world would be a better place.
No quarter!
Sandmann has been consistently articulate and gracious. What a great kid.
No You Tube?
Catholics raise $36,000 scholarship fund for Nick Sandmann
Hope it's true!
Wait until you see what Lin Wood adds to the pot.
I predict parents house paid off and legal or med school education paid, in addition to undergrad.
Sandmann is Church Militant,he represents the smell out side of abortion chambers.His silent response will increase High School Teen participation 3 fold next year.Proud of Him.Great job-Buddy.
I truly HOPE that a civil jury ZAPS every one of the FAKE NEWS DIMocRATS with MASSIVE PUNITIVE DAMAGES, that will BANKRUPT the “major networks”for their LYING, LIBEL & SLANDER.
Yours, TMN78247
Late in the video, Joy Behar was almost right.
Goldberg wondered why the newsies would take something (rumor) and run with it before getting the facts/verification.
Behar — ‘because we want to get Trump out of office.’ Meaning, they would use facts AND lies to further their agenda. If something sounds good, whether true or not, it is okay to use it to further their agenda.
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They are a sick bunch. And I mean sick in that they need professional help.
> What about the school itself
Threw the kids under the bus. Could have been a big-payout-seeking plaintiff, now ends up as a defendant of same. Will end up a case study in how believing the media can lead directly to complete and total annihilation.
That young man showed more strength of character than those bishops! They were quick to condemn him; not so vocal speaking out against abortion or pro-abort catholic politicians, though.
Amen.
The Bishops need to take a lesson from this.
>>Behar — ‘because we want to get Trump out of office.’<<
A rare moment of candor.
“The Bishops need to take a lesson from this.”
May they learn the lesson of poverty - personally.
Thankq
What I like is
All Those LIBTARDS LOSE!
Thank you.
Let's hope so. The kid certainly kept his composure, which at 16, I don't think I could have done, even though I'm a female, and my sweet 16 was in 1963.
The question is not which school he will attend; the question is which school he will own:)
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