Dear Principal Browe, if there was anything that disgraced
your school over the past few days, it is that wretched “apology” that you now
have on your website. You immediately start off by condemning the actions
of your students at the March for Life. To your miniscule credit,
you do promise an investigation, but should not your investigation have
preceded your apology and your immediate condemnation of your own
students?
I would hope by now that you would have looked at the
plethora of videos of that incident. They clearly show Mr. Phillips and
his friends approaching your students. Then Phillips proceeded to get
within inches of your student’s face while chanting loudly and beating his
drums. In other words, Phillips accosted your student; yet you hold your
student to blame. Under the circumstances and given his age, I believe
your student showed remarkable restraint. Your student, Nick Sandmann,
who had the drum shoved in his face, has released his statement. Have you
read it?
I’ve no doubt that this “apology” was nothing more than a
groveling attempt to cower from politically correct harping by the media.
I regret that your local bishop has decided to join in the braying for the
heads of these young boys. Will you be prepared to issue another apology,
this time to the students whom you wronged? I trust you are aware of the
gravity of slander, and that is what you are committing against your students.
Should you be so foolhardy as to expel the boys, I hope that
their families avail themselves of all legal recourse and sue your school for
the maximum amount possible. It is your conduct thus far that calls into
question your claim to be a Catholic institution.
End of letter I will advise when I get a response (as if that will happen!)
The young man has released a statement to CNN to give his perspective. I link to it now.
Tomorrow I will also draft an email to the Covington diocese. Their site remains down but here is their contact information.
