Smirking kid vs. Native American in Washington DC sues CNN

I say good for him, I hope he wins. The news outlets that keep abandoning journalism in favor of picking up narratives and running stories on them based on video clipped from all context and no investigation, need to be held accountable. 

I actually hope he wins. This kid was pilloried all over the news AND this forum. It would be good for all of us to stop and wait to get all the facts before we rush to judgment.

About the "smirk". I never thought it looked like a smirk, personally. To me, it looked like a young kid uncomfortable as heck, caught up in a mess far beyond his young years to handle and just trying to put the best face on he knew how to do.

I've never felt sympathy for him. My opinions have not changed for the better.

My thoughts exactly.  It also says that he sued the Washington Post for $250 million.

I'd be interested to know on what grounds they arrived at that amount of damages. Has he suffered lasting damage to his life and reputation? Nope, he's resumed his privileged life as if nothing happened.

So how did they arrive at that number?

Just these 2 comments shows that he has suffered damage to his reputation due to the way the story was portrayed in the media. Especially online media which seems to have very little regulation or standard of truth. I know that this kid is nothing in my life, will never interact with him, but if someone was to bring the situation up my first thoughts go to the original retelling of what happened before further videos and explanations come out. And yes I will forever think of his face and think of him as a snot and that's due to these stories.

I suspect they are asking that much but will never be awarded it. Aim higher then you expect.

It sure the hell looked like a smirk to me.

Good for him and I hope he wins. He did nothing wrong and that was proven and many that condemned him have apologized to him after seeing the whole footage. It is sad that people can't be kind.

That's a pretty heavy burden of proof, particularly in today's news cycle. Who is going to remember his name a year from now if he doesn't keep it in the news himself with lawsuits?

🤷🏻‍♀️Like I said, it's a heavy burden of proof since he can't show any definitive damages at this point.

Since the retractions to the original story have also been widely circulated, I can't imagine a college admissions officer not taking that into account as well. And if they're inclined to judge him for smirking at the native American guy as his friends tomahawk-chopped nearby, or for participating in a march against women's rights - well, those aren't defamation. They're correctly shown/reported.

The judgments are directed toward the way he looks, not the way the media portrayed him.

That’s on him, not the media.

You know what would have solved his problem. He could have simply said, "I'm sorry. I meant no disrespect. I can understand how the video could be misconstrued." End of story. He looks good. Suing makes him like a douche.

I thought cyber-bullying was considered wrong.

The damage to this kid is evident even in the title of this post "Smirking kid vs. Native American in Washington DC sues CNN".

He became the face of the entire confrontation because he hurled curses at a Native American? Because he beat him to a bloody pulp? Because he went on social media and denigrated him and his people?

No. None of the above. He stood there, making eye contact and "smirked". And for that, he got death threats and was slandered and libeled by politicians, celebrities, news organizations...

He is 16 years old.

I hope he wins.

OPINIONS on the way he looks are BECAUSE of the way the media portrayed him. 
The people that don't think the expression on his face was smirking, we're not influenced by the narrative put forth by the media, so they didn't read it as a smirk.