by Sandy » Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:53 am
There is an "alternate version" of events involving a group of "Black Hebrew Israelites" that starts about an hour or so before this particular incident occurred. That somehow got mixed up in all of this. Phillips, the Native American, was attempting to put him and his group in between the students and the other group. Predictably there are different versions of events. In the video there clearly are individuals in MAGA hats who are shouting at Phillips while he is singing.
I've taken groups to March for Life, but quit doing it several years ago. For one thing, it is January and we got stranded along the PA turnpike for 16 hours on the way home one time. For another, the rallies have become nothing but right wing extremist crap, political campaign promotion and triumphalist nonsense and not worth the time or the expense. The weekend of March for Life is also a weekend for other marches and rallies, and the potential for conflicts like this is high. There's no civility in politics anymore and the last thing you need is an encounter like this with a school group.