Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has spent time reviewing video and accounts of what happened at the Lincoln Memorial. For those of you uncertain about it or troubled by how the story seems to have changed from the initial reporting, Marshall has spent the last couple of days going over it.
...The whole story is a good example of how we can react quickly to a zoomed in (both literally and metaphorically) video and miss a lot of what led up to it, as well as some key context. With that said, though, when you add all the context I’m not sure it’s all that different from what it looked like on the first go, despite some now saying new evidence and new videos changes everything.
Saturday night and into Sunday I watched numerous different videos of the encounter itself and what led up to it. So let me give you my impression of what happened as well as links to videos and accounts which can help you come to your own conclusions.
Read the whole thing.