The problem is the media made and manipulated the news and put out a story that undoubtedly harmed a young man's life and now are being forced to recant.
We can all agree that they definitely showed tolerance listening to the RACIST Black Israelite groups for hours before this incident, and I honestly cannot say that I trust the Native Elders narrative he was dishonest at best, conniving and manipulative at worst and was the aggressor.
https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/1/21/lax-reporting-turns-confrontation-between-catholic-teens-native-elder-and-hebrew-israelites-into-volatile-mess
Sum it up
The media — some of our nation’s top newsrooms — really got played on this one, early on. You had some bizarre black activists who were the worst players in this whole episode, but who walked away without anyone criticizing them. Then there were the white Catholic kids who got vilified by everyone until inconvenient truths emerged. And then you had a Native elder who got to spin the narrative in front of the TV cameras until video showed that his version wasn’t quite the whole story.
If Phillips wanted to stop a confrontation, why didn’t he march over and bang his drum in the direction of the Israelite guys?
The Why question that also should be answered, Who were the adults, and Who were the kids?"