A $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post for defaming a Kentucky high school teen was dismissed by a federal judge on Friday, who cited the media company’s rights to free speech in …
. Video of their Jan. 19 confrontation showed Sandmann smirking as Phillips banged a drum in close proximity.
However, other video of the confrontation determined that the students were waiting for a bus ride and that Phillips initiated the confrontation after racial slurs from a black activist group about the Covington group’s MAGA hats drew attention, causing Phillips to wade into the crowd. Sandmann claimed he didn’t know what to do, so smiled to diffuse the tensions.
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