Victims speak out against media smear campaign
Students from Covington Catholic High School spoke out against the media smear campaign against them, saying they’ve endured death threats and been doxxed multiple times.
Two Covington students identified as Sam and Grant spoke out in a video posted to social media by high school junior C. J. Pearson, denouncing the media’s portrayal of their peers as racist aggressors and claiming that “several media outlets blatantly lied” about their confrontation with Nathan Phillips.
The students said they and their school have received multiple threats, including threats of shooting, arson, and bombs, and that people have exposed the personal information of Covington students online.
“There have been many threats against our lives, against our parents,” Sam said. “Some of these threats include that we should be locked in the school and it should be burned to the ground, the school being bombed, school shooting threats.
