Washington Post Settles Defamation Suit With Covington Student Nick Sandmann
Vox published an explainer on this whole situation last January: Sandmann and his classmates were in Washington, D.C. on a school trip. Video went viral of Sandmann standing in the face of Native American activist Nathan Phillips, appearing to mock him. Longer video later emerged that showed protesters from the Black Hebrew Israelites sect provoking the incident and Sandmann said that he and his classmates “wanted to drown out the hateful comments that were being shouted at us.” Sandmann's lawsuits against the media stem from their coverage of the situation before more the full context emerged.