People just want to overlook the fact that Nathan Phillips immediately went to the media, called the white kids "beasts" (his exact term), and blatantly lied about the incident. You all got played by a scam artist. Just admit it. Stop embarrassing yourselves. Own up and move on.
Given that nothing more than smirking gets you doxxed, harassed and victimized as part of a giant media smear campaign, is this emoticon 😏 now considered hate speech?