Rep. Thomas Massie claims media misrepresented Covington Catholic incident

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday claimed that the media misrepresented the viral incident involving students from Covington Catholic High School, which is located in his district.

Massie's comments come after many on social media passed around a video of Covington Catholic students apparently having a confrontation with a Native American protester.

One of the students, a young boy wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, in the video stands in front of a Native American man, who is drumming.

"I was uncomfortable when I saw the video & description that first went viral, so I understand the initial reactions to the CovCath video," Massie tweeted. "I chose to wait for more facts before responding because the narrative did not match what I know to be the character of these students."

"I’ve now watched over an hour of other videos from 4 different cameras of the incident in front of the Lincoln Memorial," Massie wrote. "I urge everyone to watch the other videos before passing judgement. Would you have remained that composed at that age under those circumstances?"

Reason, a libertarian magazine, in an article on Sunday reported that full-length footage of the event shows the group of students was being yelled at by several African-American protesters before the Native American man stepped in. The footage shows that it was unclear whether the protester, who has been identified as Omaha elder Nathan Phillips, was intervening on behalf of either group.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/426264-massie-claims-media-misrepresented-covington-catholic-incident

So because the boys were harassed by the African American group this justifies them harassing the Native Americans?