[drumming] This image of a teen staring
down a Native American man went viral. Additional videos
posted online — and obtained by The Times —
help show what happened. On Friday, Jan. 18, a group participating in the
Indigenous Peoples March gathered at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington. In this footage,
we see Nathan Phillips, the Native American
man who is seen drumming in the clip
that spread online. Here, he was standing after
the march had concluded. “You are the children of Israel!” “That's
right.” Nearby, five men, who
identify as Hebrew Israelites, are preaching. They are shouting inflammatory
and derogatory comments at the Native Americans — [inaudible] [expletives] “You worship the creations
and not the creator.” — and at others passing by. “Why are you being an
[expletive]?” “I'm not being an
[expletive]. You're —” “You're being an — You’re getting too close. You’re being an [expletive].” “You’re getting too close.” “You’re spreading hate. “You’re spreading hate.
You’re sprea
ding hate. You’re spreading hate.” Meanwhile, a group
of high school students is also gathering at
the Lincoln Memorial. It was their meeting spot
after attending the March for Life, an annual
anti-abortion rally. Then the group of self-described
Hebrew Israelites start to shout
at the students. “A bunch of incest babies! A bunch of babies
made out of incest!” The students, many
of whom are wearing “Make America
Great Again” apparel, start yelling and
chanting back at them. [Boooooo] [shouting]
One takes off his shirt. [chanting] “A bunch of Donald Trump
incest children.” [shouting continues] [drumming] At this point, we see Phillips
approaching the students playing a ceremonial drum. [drumming] He later said he was trying
to defuse the situation between both groups. [shouting] [drumming continues] He walks to the
middle of the crowd. Some students make
the tomahawk chop, a gesture that’s
considered offensive. Now here’s Nicholas Sandmann, the teen also caught
in the viral video. [drum
ming continues] [chanting] Phillips and Sandmann
stand in front of each other for several minutes. [crowd shouting] [drumming] There is yet another
back and forth, this time with a
Native American activist and the students. [inaudible] “So you want to make
America great because for you
white people — go back to Europe where you came from.” “Because we —” “This is not your land.” “Yes, it is.” “No, it's not.” The whole interaction between
Phillips and the students lasts for about 10 minutes. By
now the crowd
has dispersed. Sandmann gestures
to a friend, and moments later,
he steps out. [drumming] [shouting] Phillips tries to
talk to the crowd. “Relatives! Let’s make America great. Let’s do that.”
Comments
There is a reason they called them NATIVE Americans. Learn history.
They’re called native Americans for a reason because they’re natives. You wouldn’t call a white boy a Native American because they aren’t native. Their Ancestors are from Britain.
God bless all Indeginious Native people in the Americas, Lots of support and love from Northeast of India 🇮🇳 (Tribal Brothers)
"The further away I am from the human race, the better I feel." - Charles Bukowski
Im not even american and i know that U.S belonged to the natives originally.
“Go back to Europe” - I totally get you, but we don’t want them either.
Unity is how we prevail. We are one people 🙏
How was the man (Nick Sandmann) being offensive? He smiled in the way that the situation was weird. All the others were causing trouble except the Native American drummer.
I don’t get it when a white person says “go back to your country” like honey whose country do you think you’re in
When you are stranger in your own country 😞
To all those who feel sad ...what have you ever done except just expressing sadness
Beautiful the courage he had, and it sure did quite down the crowd. Shows how powerful his voice was and spirit
"Germany fails to destroy USA" "Russia fails to destroy USA" USA: Fine, I'll do it myself
No offence to you United States of America citizens, but there’s something wrong with some of your people. Letting your country down.
My heart cries for our future. We are all lost in these times. I want to hug everyone.
That teen sued you liberal democrats for millions. Now he's really smiling!😂
Imagine telling NATIVE Americans this isn’t there land ✋🏾
imagine telling a native that their land doesn't belong to them (edit: I see I have summoned a war of SJWs and Racists)
That old man is a coward for approaching the high school kids and not the black grown ups
It's awful how Native Americans were treated but they haven't been here forever either. And it's racist to tell someone "go back to your land" no matter their race.