The Covington Catholic High School student who stood still as a Native American protester approached him and chanted says he has received death threats from people who believe he was harassing the protester.

“It’s been terrible, people have threatened our lives,” Nick Sandmann told NBC in an interview that aired Wednesday when asked how his life has changed after a video of the incident went viral.

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