Media hysteria surrounds a confrontation between a group of boys from a private school and various others, including a Native-American demonstrator and a group of blacks belonging to some exotic religious sect.
For over 24 hours, I've seen breathless headlines from the MSM touting the boys' behavior as racist and disrespectful, and the usual bozos (and, unfortunately, one or two normally sensible conservatives) jumping on the bandwagon to condemn these young men out of hand. Gawrsh, Mickey, I wonder if the MAGA hats had something to do with flushing the benefit of the doubt. Here's more from Gateway Pundit, including a letter from one of the boys, and a good "unpacking" from Weird Dave at Ace of Spades.
Update: Here's a good roundup of emerging facts from Ed Driscoll. Note that NRO has once again sullied itself with a spastic thrust at the conservatives in the story.
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Getting in someone's face banging a drum is assault. If they make contact it's assault and battery. A judge said that when I was on a jury, although his example was waving your finger at someone with menace.
Yeah, when I first saw that story, I thought "Way to go, you stupid kids!"
Then I almost immediately thought "Wait, Pippin, don't be hasty. Let's wait till the whole story (i.e. the truth) is known." And, sure enough....
Bruce: Quite right.
R-man: That's why I waited for a day to write anything at all. The story just had that offensive aroma that I've come to associate with fake news.
It should be noted that the Indian drummer, Nathan Phillips, was also one of the organizers and chief agitators during the Dakota Access Pipeline riots. Vietnam war vet aside, the man is a professional agitator and an all-around bastard.
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