You need to review the entire video to put the situation into context. IMHO the situation escalated when Sandmann blocked the path of Mr. Phillips-for 10 minutes. Mr. Phillips explained in various interviews he put himself between the Black Israelite’s which were being obnoxious-just as the Covington Boys were, in order for violence to be avoided Mr. Phillips but himslef between them BUT Nick Sandmann decided to stand in front of him whereas others from the school slowly moved forward. Mr. Phillips decided to continue to chant and pray moving towards the Lincoln Memorial where others in his group were waiting for him but Sandmann blocked his path. Now Sandmann says he was trying to defuse the situation. If this was his intent why didn’t he just move? Why didn’t he just get out of the way but others in the group could be heard chanting Build that Wall and doing the tomahawk chop. There was a sense of a mob mentality on the part of the school, not the Black Israelite’s because there were only 4 of them. Other people interviewed say there were a least 50 or more of the Covington Boys.
Nick Sandmann is a product of the environment he grew up in and he has been part of his entire life:
Covington Catholic High School’s Tradition of Bigotry-https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211703778
The picture speaks for itself.
This is an interesting thread:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1086985105824976902.html
Here are a fun facts about the #CovingtonCatholic “main student” whose ID I have learned who has been identified by himself of the mentality of the kid"
When he was a freshman, he tried to hire an “essay writing service” to do his homework.
By itself this would be disturbing but in light of his behavior in Washington-it kind of explains the smugness on the face of this kid.
The question that everyone should continue to ask is if Sandmann was trying to defuse the situation and he was in the path of Mr. Phillip, why didn’t he just step aside. We Know Why. I’ll say it.
White Boy Privilege.