The footage, shared online by organizers of an indigenous people’s march that took place in Washington on Friday before the incident, shows a group of fellow Covington students surrounding Phillips apparently mocking him. Phillips recounted in a separate video that he heard the students chanting “build that wall,” during the encounter. The footage sparked outrage on social media and led the high school to issue a statement condemning the students’ actions and promising an investigation. With permission from their teacher chaperones, the students responded by shouting “school spirit” chants to “drown out the hateful comments” directed at them. He played his drum the entire time he was in my face,” Sandmann recalled.

Source: The Express Tribune January 22, 2019 14:48 UTC