Kentucky town reels from fallout over viral National Mall faceoff

By News on the Net -- SF Gate —— Bio and Archives January 23, 2019

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PARK HILLS, Ky. - Residents of this affluent northern Kentucky town emerged from a turbulent holiday weekend with a question: How did a viral video showing local students interacting with a drumbeating Native American man on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial suck their community into the fractious national debates about politics and race? President Donald Trump was tweeting about them. Out-of-town protesters were showing up with signs, chanting in the street. And death threats had shut down Covington Catholic High School. No one knew when it would be safe to open again.-- MORE...