- Charlie Rogers is the black basketball player who was seen 'being jeered at' by some Covington Catholic High School fans who painted themselves black
- The Kentucky high school has been in a media firestorm since students were filmed supposedly mocking a Native American man in Washington on Friday
- Rogers liked the 2011 picture of himself keeping cool in the face of the taunts so much that he even used it for his profile on social media sites
- Rogers remaining stoic under goading from CovCath fans, who call themselves 'The Colonel Crazies', has been used in attempts to prove the school is racist
- But Rogers himself liked a photo of the taunting so much that he used it on social media, telling friends the fans were just a 'spirited crowd in an intimidating stadium'
- The father of another player on Rogers' team said the black face and body paint was not racially motivated and that 'Charlie would tell you the same himself'
- The athlete's teammate and close friend Adam Fatkin said on Twitter: 'They were there in order to cheer against the opposing team, us'
- He added: 'I'm simply saying you're taking this picture out of context. You went back and found this picture and (are) using it in order to fit a certain narrative'
- Rogers, now 25, is serving a 10-year sentence in Louisville after being sentenced for assault and wanton endangerment after shooting a man in the leg in 2014
And Rogers liked a picture of himself keeping cool in the face of the taunts so much that he even used it for his profile on social media sites.
Critics of Covington have claimed the picture shows the private school — known locally as CovCath — has a history of racism and white privilege.
But the father of another Clark player who traveled 100 miles north to watch the game with members of Rogers' family, insists that is not the case.
'Charlie would tell you the same himself,' the father told DailyMail.com.
Rogers' teammate and close friend Adam Fatkin has gone on the offensive on Twitter insisting there in nothing racial in the taunting.
'They were there in order to cheer against the opposing team, us,' tweeted Fatkin, who described CovCath's fanbase the 'best supporting section I've ever played against.'
Fatkin pointed out that the Covington fans were in black because the game was a 'black-out game,' common in student sports. Other games may be designated white-out, or red-out or blue-out and the fans would paint themselves in those colors.
In another tweet, Fatkin wrote: 'They are yelling at (him) because he is an opposing player throwing the ball in right in front of them…He clearly did not feel as if he was being harassed because (of) the color of his skin.'
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