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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This makes me really angry. I watched about half of the video. Can’t watch any more. It cuts to these so called reporters who obviously didn’t get the story right.
BTW, was Shepherd Smith on this too? Wasn’t he also at the forefront of condemning these kids.
I am very happy to see this lawsuit. It might make a difference.
I also, do not know why Angel Parents aren’t suing sanctuary city lawmakers for the deaths of their love ones. I would think the AG would act in their behalf as well.
Leftists will continue to use the race card and weaponize victimhood until they are dealt consequences for it. I trust courts of law will penalize these horrible leftists for their slander. Labelling someone as something they are not is slander and illegal.
JoMa
In The List, three fake news organizations are overwhelmingly represented...
CNN
New York Times
Washington Post
LOLOLOLOL!
Now that's funny!
How did Nathan get his big drum passed Security unless this was a set up?the security aroundDC during protests is tight and a small bag is too big sometimes.
btt
“the settlements should be enormous.”
Should be, but may not be. These are powerful entities being sued, and all they need to do is shop around for an Obama-appointed judge, who can gut the cases on a technicality.
It happened to the Duke lacrosse kids (who didn’t get anywhere near what was reported, because a leftist judge
threw much of their cases out, saying federal civil rights laws did not apply to them — nor to anyone else except descendants of slaves). Hence they were out of luck.
Expect the Empire to strike back, rather than be brought to heel.
(I hope I am wrong...)
perfect...
Is Nathan Phillips getting sued? He fueled this hateful attack by his lying. I hope to God he is!
Ha!
Finally, the Sandmann has come to put the lying, corrupt, fake news media to sleep.
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Dances with Soros has zero money to be sued. He’s a government pet like the rest of the Democrat Reservation Nation.
Bkmrk
Well then Phillips should be sued for whatever $$ he has even if it is only $20. The point is to show that what he did was wrong. He needs to apologize and pay some kind of consequence.
“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.”
Excellent! Let them set the precedent that ANYONE falsely accused by the Enemy Media be held accountable. MAGA!
Thank You President Trump & Lovely FLOTUS Melania, for standing up to all of the Bullies in your path!
“Catholics raise $36,000 scholarship fund for Nick Sandmann.”
$36,000? They raised more than that for Hillary’s PAC.
$36,000? They raised more than that for Hillary’s PAC.
Yeah, but the Catholics supporting Sandmann are CINOs /s
All the bishops, except the Lexington Bishop Stowe, have retracted and apologized. Stowe, instead, doubled down. He us a real piece of work.
It's Washington DC; any event security is handled by the DC Police. He's a "tribal elder" don-cha-know.
The cops probably just waved him by.
They got nice settlements from Duke. Large the time.
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