Nick Sandmann

Viral race-related controversy

On January 18, 2019, a confrontation between groups of political demonstrators took place near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The interaction between Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann and Native American Nathan Phillips was captured in photos and videos disseminated by major media outlets. Other recordings of the incident showed that initial media reports had omitted details. Reports of the incident triggered outrage in the United States, including calls to dox the students, after stories falsely reported the Catholic students acted as the aggressors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Lincoln_Memorial_confrontation

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