Peter Hasson on January 22, 2019
- Native American activist Nathan Phillips has changed his story repeatedly about a viral incident between himself and Covington Catholic high school students.
- Phillips’s initial explanation was disproven by video, but he has continued to misrepresent the facts while changing his story.
- Phillips on Tuesday lashed out at high school student Nick Sandmann and suggested he be expelled from school.
Native American activist Nathan Phillips has repeatedly misrepresented several facts about a viral incident between him and a group of boys from Kentucky high school Covington Catholic that took place after Saturday’s March for Life.
Phillips has continued misrepresenting the incident, even as he has changed his version of events in the face of video debunking his earlier accounts.
Phillips originally told The Washington Post the students swarmed him while he was preparing to leave the Indigenous People’s March scheduled for the same day. Phillips originally said one student, who has since identified himself as high school junior Nick Sandmann, blocked his path from leaving as he tried to do.
Phillips’s original account was uncritically accepted by national media outlets and quickly exploded online, in combination with a selectively edited video that showed Phillips beating his drum in front of Sandmann and a group of boisterous high school boys.
The extended video shows that wasn’t the case: Phillips approached the high school boys during their cheers, not the other way around. Some of the people with Phillips were directing racially charged language at the students, not the other way around.
Phillips told a second variation of his story to the Detroit Free Press. Phillips claimed he was playing the role of peacemaker by getting between the students and four “old black individuals,” whom he claimed the students were attacking.
“They were in the process of attacking these four black individuals,” Phillip told the Michigan paper. “I was there and I was witnessing all of this … As this kept on going on and escalating, it just got to a point where you do something or you walk away, you know? You see something that is wrong and you’re faced with that choice of right or wrong.”
“These young men were beastly and these old black individuals was their prey, and I stood in between them and so they needed their pounds of flesh and they were looking at me for that,” he added.
Extended video shows that account also isn’t accurate. The four individuals Phillips referenced were members of the Black Hebrew Israelites and they launched racist and anti-gay slurs at the high school students, not the other way around.
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“The protesters said hateful things. They called us ‘racists,’ ‘bigots,’ ‘white crackers,’ ‘faggots,’ and ‘incest kids.’ They also taunted an African-American student from my school by telling him that they would ‘harvest his organs,’ Sandmann, the high school junior, said in his statement.
Phillips repeatedly claimed in his interviews Sunday and Monday that some of the students he claimed had surrounded him had chanted “build the wall.” None of the videos to emerge of the incident so far have shown any chants to that effect.
Rather than acknowledging the errors in his original stories, Phillips deflected by attacking Sandmann on Tuesday.
“He needs to put out a different statement,” Phillips said. “I’m disappointed with his statement. He didn’t accept any responsibility. That lack of responsibility, I don’t accept it.”
Phillips also suggested students should be expelled over the incident he misrepresented.
“At first, I wanted the teachers and chaperones to be reprimanded — some fired — for letting this happen. For the students, I was against any expulsions, but now I have to revisit that,” he said.
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Dirty coward did not go over and get in the faces of the black RACISTS who were insulting the Children.
The coward went over and tried to provoke the Children who were being insulted.
Sandmann is more of a MAN than Chief Fulla Bull Phillips tho “marine”
Sandmann served as much time in Vietnam as Chief Running Mouth Phillips did.
I saw this on a British Newspaper the day it happened. It looked all wrong. I said so. Years ago I studied media, PR, marketing etc. Fortunately we covered yellow journalism, propaganda, population control, psychology etc. I learned to ask, who, why, what are they showing me and what they’re not showing me, My only question is if I studied this years ago, why are so few people on the right allowing the left to do this. It’s gone way past blatant and the monopoly of the media is criminal and treasonous. Goebbels would be proud. A tip of the hat to Edward Bernays. America is not great because these fools are allowed to operate without question. Mr. Trump has called a spade a spade for awhile. It’s time for people to use their power to set things right.
I saw this on a British Newspaper the day it happened. It looked all wrong. I said so. Years ago I studied media, PR, marketing etc. Fortunately we covered yellow journalism, propaganda, population control, psychology etc. I learned to ask, who, why, what are they showing me and what they’re not showing me, My only question is if I studied this years ago, why are so few people on the right allowing the left to do this. It’s gone way past blatant and the monopoly of the media is criminal and treasonous. Goebbels would be proud. A tip of the hat to Edward Bernays. America is not great because these fools are allowed to operate without question. Mr. Trump has called a spade a spade for awhile. It’s time for people to use their power to set things right.
A**Holes like this Injun need to be found and stopped by any means necessary. They are empowered by the “Victimhood” status bestowed upon them by the LEFT and the terrified Right cowers and will not say anything about these creatures.
Its time to say “SCREW YOU… WE WON YOU LOST AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IT BACK.. GET OVER IT! “
This buffalo F’ker is the perfect Democrat. Has lied about everything. If he was from NY he could be a congressman instead of a tambourine player
But, but….”You don’t need to be factually correct to be morally correct.” — AOC
But, but….”You don’t need to be factually correct to be morally correct.” — AOC
You have revisited it? How about revisiting the truth. They were standing there, waiting for their bus. YOU marched toward them, banging the drum. A bunch of radicals followed YOU. They are the ones heard chanting, not the students.
Typical of the MSM, particularly the WAPO, to print any lie that benefits the lefts agenda.
Typical of the MSM, particularly the WAPO, to print any lie that benefits the lefts agenda.
Instead of the news media investigating this further – they decided to go with face value, and ended up being disgraced!! Just goes to show how quick the news media is in attacking an someone they don’t like or disagree with!! The news media stay’s quiet about Pelosi refusing to work with Pres. Trump; but everything is Pres. Trumps fault – even though he gave Pelosi everything she wanted, except her stance on the wall!! It just show’s the democrat voters don’t care what their politicians do… just so long as they control the government!!!
libtards think it is ok with stolen valor, as long as he feels like he was a GI, in their book that is good enough. they are all pathological liars like Injun Joe
libtards think it is ok with stolen valor, as long as he feels like he was a GI, in their book that is good enough. they are all pathological liars like Injun Joe
This guy is a fraud from way back. Certainly has toyed with a Stolen Valor persona for years. Borderline illiterate and continually looking for his 15 minutes of fame. Probably would be good to have a “23 and Me” experience to see if he is even truly a Native American, instead of just a wannabe. Time for him to go back to his street corner and hand-lettered cardboard sign.
That would be a great solution, but the democrat/socialist/communists want to destroy & control America!
That would be a great solution, but the democrat/socialist/communists want to destroy & control America!
the DNC probably had this in their play book for weeks, then it happened. they will ruin this country if another demo gets elected for president. they want socialism so bad, why not they all move to CA. build the wall on the east side of their border and have their own Venezuela.
Dirty coward did not go over and get in the faces of the black RACISTS who were insulting the Children.
The coward went over and tried to provoke the Children who were being insulted.
Sandmann is more of a MAN than Chief Fulla Bull Phillips tho “marine”
Sandmann served as much time in Vietnam as Chief Running Mouth Phillips did.
I saw this on a British Newspaper the day it happened. It looked all wrong. I said so. Years ago I studied media, PR, marketing etc. Fortunately we covered yellow journalism, propaganda, population control, psychology etc. I learned to ask, who, why, what are they showing me and what they’re not showing me, My only question is if I studied this years ago, why are so few people on the right allowing the left to do this. It’s gone way past blatant and the monopoly of the media is criminal and treasonous. Goebbels would be proud. A tip of the hat to Edward Bernays. America is not great because these fools are allowed to operate without question. Mr. Trump has called a spade a spade for awhile. It’s time for people to use their power to set things right.
A**Holes like this Injun need to be found and stopped by any means necessary. They are empowered by the “Victimhood” status bestowed upon them by the LEFT and the terrified Right cowers and will not say anything about these creatures.
Its time to say “SCREW YOU… WE WON YOU LOST AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IT BACK.. GET OVER IT! “
This buffalo F’ker is the perfect Democrat. Has lied about everything. If he was from NY he could be a congressman instead of a tambourine player
You have revisited it? How about revisiting the truth. They were standing there, waiting for their bus. YOU marched toward them, banging the drum. A bunch of radicals followed YOU. They are the ones heard chanting, not the students.
But, but….”You don’t need to be factually correct to be morally correct.” — AOC
Typical of the MSM, particularly the WAPO, to print any lie that benefits the lefts agenda.
Instead of the news media investigating this further – they decided to go with face value, and ended up being disgraced!! Just goes to show how quick the news media is in attacking an someone they don’t like or disagree with!! The news media stay’s quiet about Pelosi refusing to work with Pres. Trump; but everything is Pres. Trumps fault – even though he gave Pelosi everything she wanted, except her stance on the wall!! It just show’s the democrat voters don’t care what their politicians do… just so long as they control the government!!!
libtards think it is ok with stolen valor, as long as he feels like he was a GI, in their book that is good enough. they are all pathological liars like Injun Joe
This guy is a fraud from way back. Certainly has toyed with a Stolen Valor persona for years. Borderline illiterate and continually looking for his 15 minutes of fame. Probably would be good to have a “23 and Me” experience to see if he is even truly a Native American, instead of just a wannabe. Time for him to go back to his street corner and hand-lettered cardboard sign.
the DNC probably had this in their play book for weeks, then it happened. they will ruin this country if another demo gets elected for president. they want socialism so bad, why not they all move to CA. build the wall on the east side of their border and have their own Venezuela.
That would be a great solution, but the democrat/socialist/communists want to destroy & control America!