Black supremacist group sees clash with Covington Catholic students as ‘great thing’ for their cause

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The Black Hebrew Israelites group said the confrontation Friday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with Covington Catholic High School students and a Native American man was “great” for their cause.

“It’ll get to them,” Ash Yasharahla, who belongs to a congregation of Hebrew Israelites known as I Am Israel (No Division), told the New York Times. “It’ll permeate their minds. As long as the full message is up there, it’s a great thing.”

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