But as the Daily Wire's Emily Zanotti reported, by Saturday night, more details about the encounter had come to light, and it became increasingly clear that there was more to the story the viral video and Phillips left out:
Journalist Tim Pool reported (formatting adjusted): "We now have a 2 hour raw recording of the MAGA kids incident. We can see) No chanting "build the wall" as far as I saw(.) Native group approaches about an hour after the kids were already there(.) 'Black Activists' are Black Hebrew Israelites yelling Fagg**"
Alyssa Milano Weighs In On Covington Catholic Story, Renames MAGA Hat
Saturday night, a two-hour long, full video of the confrontation became widely available on social media, and that video shows a very different interaction than the one initally portrayed. The video, taken from the point of view of a second group of protesters who witnessed the interaction, shows that Phillips approached the teens — not the other way around, as Phillips claims — and that the teens were relatively peaceful during the incident, laughing and clapping along with Phillips' drumming, and occasionally asking questions like, "what is going on here?"
Journalist Tim Pool reported (formatting adjusted): "We now have a 2 hour raw recording of the MAGA kids incident. We can see) No chanting "build the wall" as far as I saw(.) Native group approaches about an hour after the kids were already there(.) 'Black Activists' are Black Hebrew Israelites yelling Fagg**"
Alyssa Milano Weighs In On Covington Catholic Story, Renames MAGA Hat