I was just wondering about this yesterday. Not surprising, but surprises are more mainstream these days, so kinda surprising.
Judge Dismisses Covington Student’s Lawsuit Against ‘Washington Post’
Judge Dismisses Covington Student’s Lawsuit Against ‘Washington Post’
In his suit, Sandmann claimed that the “gist” of one of the Post’s articles was that he “assaulted” or “physically intimidated” Native American Nathan Phillips and “engaged in racist conduct,” but U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman disagreed: “This is not supported by the plain language in the article, which states none of those things… [The article] cannot be reasonably read as charging Sandmann with physically intimidating Phillips or committing the criminal offense of assault,” he wrote.