Updated at 8:55 a.m. ET
A private detective agency hired by the diocese that oversees Kentucky’s Covington Catholic High School says there’s no evidence that the school’s students instigated a conflict with a Native American man near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial last month.
The boys, some of whom were wearing red “Make America Great Again” hats, were seen in a video shouting, chanting and grinning at a Native American man, Nathan Phillips. (“Make America great again” was President Trump’s campaign slogan.) After the video went viral, the boys faced immediate condemnation from many who said they were intimidating Phillips. Now, a report by independent investigators retained by the Catholic school the boys attend has exonerated the students.
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