Days later, the student didn't apologize and stood by what he did. Then, a new video emerged of the Native American initiating the clash and provoking the situation. What ensued was us seeing students in confusion, a bunch of kids not knowing what was going on. This prompts the question over whether either side was outside of their rights in the situation.
The truth is that under the Constitution, both sides have the complete right to speak their opinions under the First Amendment. Neither side did anything necessarily wrong. Since there was no physicality involved, no crimes were committed and both sides were perfectly within their rights. The media, however, are the ones at fault as they wrongfully portrayed a student starting a clash whereas it was the other way around. Many major media outlets had to apologize and admit that they jumped to conclusions. They failed to mention that the Native American, Nathan Phillips, has had a reputation for a similar clash before, and that this is nothing new. The school later had to revoke their apology because the student wasn't initiating anything but more in confusion over how to proceed when confronted. Ultimately, it creates the fact that people shouldn't believe everything they hear at first but rather check multiple sources and make sure that the information they are gathering is full encompassing. This will create for a well rounded view in that the media is not perfect.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nativeamerican-idUSKCN1PF08H
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