Dershowitz: Student's Libel Case 'Reasonable' Against Wash Post
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The high school student seeking $250 million from The Washington Post has a "reasonable case" for libel, attorney Alan Dershowitz said.
Dershowitz appeared on Hill.TV's "Rising" and commented on the lawsuit filed this week.
"I think they have a reasonable case, I mean the world was guilty of libel," Dershowitz said.
The legal action stems from the negative coverage the Covington Catholic High School student received after he appeared in a viral video last month in Washington, D.C. Many painted him out to be a racist who taunted a Native American at the Lincoln Memorial, but other videos dismantled that claim .
"These poor kids seemed to be doing exactly the right thing, and then suddenly because they are thought to be white, privileged kids, suddenly everyone's ganging up on them," Dershowitz said.
Dershowitz added the lawsuit is seeking so much money the dollar amount might not be a factor in the case.
"But I do think that they have a significant case, and it will be interesting to see how the Post defends against their reporting in the case," he said.
Nicholas Sandmann, 16, and his Covington classmates we waiting for their bus after the March For Life when a group of Black Israelites shouted vulgar insults at them. The students, many of whom were wearing "Make America Great Again" hats, responded by singing their school pride songs, at which point a Native American group marched up.
One of the Native Americans stood in front of Sandmann and beat his drum. Sandmann reacted by standing motionless .
By Jason Devaney | Wednesday, 20 February 2019 10:32 PM
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Beating the drum of hate.
i hate that drum,
but his is pretty cool
Really?
The Black hebrew racists were especially hateful, hard to disagree with that.
Hard to prove intent/hate from beating a religious Indian drum to supposedly distract the Covington kids from becoming more involved with the Black Hebrews.
Everyone was recording on phones. Neither Sandman or Phillips walked away despite many opportunities.
Neither Sandman or Phillips had anything to do with the original "cropped" video,
or the reaction of the world, including the members of this website, either immediately after or during the addition of additional videos.
I tend to agree with Dershowitz on this one. The whole world jumped on the wrong bandwagon prematurely.
The Post's fault? Not so much. Just a target with deep pockets.
They were waiting for a bus. If Phillips wanted to distract anybody (what a weak defense that is), he would have banged the drum in the face of one of the black hebrews.
Neither Sandman or Phillips walked away despite many opportunities.
Why would Sandman walk away? He was standing in that spot waiting for his bus. If it had been I, Phillips would have had that drum stuffed up his ass.
Neither Sandman or Phillips had anything to do with the original "cropped" video
It wasn't that it was cropped (the long version was always available)- It was that liberals jumped right to what they always suspect about whites!
I tend to agree with Dershowitz on this one.
Including the part where he thinks Sandman can win with his lawsuit?
The Post's fault?
Yup, 100% It was incredibly easy to determine the truth in that one.