Kentucky teens' harassment of indigenous man 'qualified as the legal definition of assault' [View all]

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Kentucky teens’ harassment of indigenous man ‘qualified as the legal definition of assault’: Attorney who observed incident to CNN
MARTIN CIZMAR 19 JAN 2019 AT 19:04 ET


Elder Nathan Phillips is harassed and intimidated by a smirking Catholic school student in Washington, D.C./Screenshot

The Kentucky teens who dressed in MAGA garb and harassed indigenous protestors met the legal definition of assault, an attorney who observed the confrontation told CNN on Saturday.

Students from Covington Catholic High School in suburban Cincinnati were videotaped as they formed a mob surrounding native Americans demonstrating at a march in Washington, D.C.

According to CNN, the white Catholic students originally harassed a group of black protestors before Nathan Philips, a Native American elder of the Omaha tribe who is a veteran of the Vietnam War, stepped in to diffuse the situation.

As the video shows, the white Kentucky students then surrounded Phillips and aggressive intimidated him and spewed insults at him.

Attorney Chase Iron Eyes of the Lakota People’s Law Project witnessed the entire event and told CNN’s S.E. Cupp that the teens could face legal problems as a result of their actions.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/kentucky-teens-harassment-indigenous-man-qualified-legal-definition-assault-attorney-observed-incident-cnn/