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Epithet, Punch Land Man In Hospital

Item: One word, one punch, 19YO man lands in hospital/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press

More Info: It all started with one word. And it ended with one punch, allegedly. David Whitt, 19, spent Thursday night in the hospital with his jaw freshly broken in two places. The injury will require surgery. Whitt, an assistant scoutmaster, an Eagle Scout, and a North Idaho College student who also juggles two jobs, had been waiting for a friend to get a money order inside the Albertsons at 220 W. Ironwood Drive. It was mid-afternoon. A man walked by Whitt, who was with two friends, and the man called Whitt a "fag," Whitt said. Whitt followed the man just outside the store to see if the guy was speaking to him, he said. The man was with another man and a woman.

Question: You first heard about this random act of violence at Albertson's in Scanner Traffic Thursday. Do you see this as another warning that people are getting to crazy to confront, whether in a store or on the road?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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