July 12, 2008
The Seattle Times

May need another proofreader.  The death of James Paroline is a sad story, which didn't need this comic touch.

According to police, the girls were in a car and argued with Paroline to move the cones.  He refused.  Things went dangerously downhill from there, providing an unsettling view of what happens when respect and neighborhood congeniality are absent.

The girls moved the cones; Paroline spayed them with his garden hose.

(Emphasis added.)

My sympathies to his family and friends.  And I hope the man who struck Paroline is apprehended soon.

Cross posted at Jim Miller on Politics.

Posted by Jim Miller at July 12, 2008 12:46 PM | Email This