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(1/3) Statement of Nick Sandmann, Covington Catholic High School Junior, Regarding Incident at the Lincoln Memorial

Memorial I am providing this factual account of what happened on Friday afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial to correct misinformation and outright lies being spread about my family and me I am the student in the video who was confronted by the Native American protestor. I arrived at the Lincoln Memorial at 4:30 p.m. I was told to be there by 5:30 p.m., when our busses were due to leave Washington for the trip back to Kentucky. We had been attending the March for Life rally, and then had split up into small groups to do sightseeing When we arrived, we noticed four African American protestors who were also on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.I am not sure what they were protesting, and I did not interact with them. I did hear them direct derogatory insults at our school group The protestors said hateful things. They called us "racists," "bigots," "white crackers," "f------," and "i----- kids." They also taunted an African American student from my school by telling him that we would "harvest his organs." I have no idea what that insult means, but it was startling to hear Because we were being loudly attacked and taunted in public, a student in our group asked one of our teacher chaperones for permission to begin our school spirit chants to counter the hateful things that were being shouted at our group. The chants are commonly used at sporting events. They are all positive in nature and sound like what you would hear at any high school. Our chaperone gave us permission to use our school chants. We would not have done that without obtaining permission from the adults in charge of our group At no time did I hear any student chant anything other than the school spirit chants. I did not witness or hear any students chant "build that wall" or anything hateful or racist at any time. Assertions to the contrary are simply false. Our chants were loud because we wanted to drown out the hateful comments that were being shouted at us by the protestors After a few minutes of chanting, the Native American protestors, who I hadn't previously noticed, approached our group. The Native American protestors had drums and were accompanied by at least one person with a camera The protestor everyone has seen in the video began playing his drum as he waded into the crowd, which parted for him. I did not see anyone try to block his path. He locked eyes with me and approached me coming within inches of my face. He played his drum the entire time he was in my face I never interacted with this protestor. I did not speak to him. I did not make any hand gestures or other aggressive moves. To be honest,I was startled and confused as to why he had approached me. We had already been yelled at by another group of protestors, and when the second group approached I was worried that a situation was getting out of control where adults were attempting to provoke teenagers I believed that by remaining motionless and calm, I was helping to diffuse the situation. I realized everyone had cameras and that perhaps a group of adults was trying to provoke a group of teenagers into a larger conflict. I said a silent prayer that the situation would not get out of hand.

Memorial I am providing this factual account of what happened on Friday afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial to correct misinformation and outright lies being spread about my family and me I am the student in the video who was confronted by the Native American protestor. I arrived at the Lincoln Memorial at 4:30 p.m. I was told to be there by 5:30 p.m., when our busses were due to leave Washington for the trip back to Kentucky. We had been attending the March for Life rally, and then had split up into small groups to do sightseeing When we arrived, we noticed four African American protestors who were also on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.I am not sure what they were protesting, and I did not interact with them. I did hear them direct derogatory insults at our school group The protestors said hateful things. They called us "racists," "bigots," "white crackers," "f------," and "i----- kids." They also taunted an African American student from my school by telling him that we would "harvest his organs." I have no idea what that insult means, but it was startling to hear Because we were being loudly attacked and taunted in public, a student in our group asked one of our teacher chaperones for permission to begin our school spirit chants to counter the hateful things that were being shouted at our group. The chants are commonly used at sporting events. They are all positive in nature and sound like what you would hear at any high school. Our chaperone gave us permission to use our school chants. We would not have done that without obtaining permission from the adults in charge of our group At no time did I hear any student chant anything other than the school spirit chants. I did not witness or hear any students chant "build that wall" or anything hateful or racist at any time. Assertions to the contrary are simply false. Our chants were loud because we wanted to drown out the hateful comments that were being shouted at us by the protestors After a few minutes of chanting, the Native American protestors, who I hadn't previously noticed, approached our group. The Native American protestors had drums and were accompanied by at least one person with a camera The protestor everyone has seen in the video began playing his drum as he waded into the crowd, which parted for him. I did not see anyone try to block his path. He locked eyes with me and approached me coming within inches of my face. He played his drum the entire time he was in my face I never interacted with this protestor. I did not speak to him. I did not make any hand gestures or other aggressive moves. To be honest,I was startled and confused as to why he had approached me. We had already been yelled at by another group of protestors, and when the second group approached I was worried that a situation was getting out of control where adults were attempting to provoke teenagers I believed that by remaining motionless and calm, I was helping to diffuse the situation. I realized everyone had cameras and that perhaps a group of adults was trying to provoke a group of teenagers into a larger conflict. I said a silent prayer that the situation would not get out of hand.

Covington High School Students' Confrontation With Native American Activists

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Covington High School Students' Confrontation With Native American Activists

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SJW are fucking deranged and awful

Jan 19 Replying to @shaunking Okay can we find this kid online and ruin his life 138t 24 560 Jan 19 There's something cold, calm, and dangerous about this kid. You're going to hear about him again in one way or another 958 34 O 880 Jan 19 He'll probably be running for office in the future 4 180 Jan 19 Or shooting up a bldg 6 158 Jan 19 Honestly the cold and inhuman look on this kid's face chilled my blood and made my stomach drop. He's going to do some serious damage as he ages if he isn't stopped 16 ti 8 153

Jan 19 Replying to @shaunking Okay can we find this kid online and ruin his life 138t 24 560 Jan 19 There's something cold, calm, and dangerous about this kid. You're going to hear about him again in one way or another 958 34 O 880 Jan 19 He'll probably be running for office in the future 4 180 Jan 19 Or shooting up a bldg 6 158 Jan 19 Honestly the cold and inhuman look on this kid's face chilled my blood and made my stomach drop. He's going to do some serious damage as he ages if he isn't stopped 16 ti 8 153

Covington High School Students' Confrontation With Native American Activists

John Aravosis tweet

John Aravosis @aravosis Actually, I just watched the lengthier video footage AGAIN. And it still shows the native Americans getting betweer the ranting boys and the ranting African- American Israel loons, and simply singing a prayer song while the boys got in their face and made tomahawk gestures. Jake Tapper @jaketapper @reason: "Video footage strongly contradicts Native American veteran Nathan Philips' claim that Covington Catholic High School boys harassed him. The media got this one completely wrong," writes @robbysoave reason.com/blog/2019/1/2

John Aravosis @aravosis Actually, I just watched the lengthier video footage AGAIN. And it still shows the native Americans getting betweer the ranting boys and the ranting African- American Israel loons, and simply singing a prayer song while the boys got in their face and made tomahawk gestures. Jake Tapper @jaketapper @reason: "Video footage strongly contradicts Native American veteran Nathan Philips' claim that Covington Catholic High School boys harassed him. The media got this one completely wrong," writes @robbysoave reason.com/blog/2019/1/2

Covington High School Students' Confrontation With Native American Activists

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Reza Aslan tweet

Reza Aslan @rezaaslan Honest question. Have you ever seen a more punchable face than this kid's?

Reza Aslan @rezaaslan Honest question. Have you ever seen a more punchable face than this kid's?

Covington High School Students' Confrontation With Native American Activists

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Covington High School Students' Confrontation With Native American Activists