Outcry after Kentucky students in Maga hats mock Native American veteran
Teenagers from Covington Catholic High School filmed jeering at Nathan Phillips and chanting ‘build that wall’
A Catholic school in Kentucky has condemned a group of its students after they were recorded harassing a Native American Vietnam veteran in a video that went viral on Saturday.
The students, many of whom were wearing “Make America Great Again” caps, from private, all-male Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills were in Washington for an anti-abortion rally on Friday when they were filmed surrounding Nathan Phillips and mocking the Native American’s singing and drumming.
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