Shooting Report is Wrong - High quality investigation going on

[BR_Parkway]

"In the only publicly available, official report on last weekend's accidental shooting by Vice President Dick Cheney, a diagram of a body shows where Austin lawyer Harry Whittington was hit by pellets fired from Cheney's Italian-made shotgun... The only problem is that the diagram is wrong, by all accounts," Newsday reports.

"It shows Whittington hit on the left side of his face, neck and chest when Cheney, the Kenedy County Sheriff's office and the report itself say the wounds were on the right side."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-021406cheneyreport-a,0,2237757.acrobat?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines

[FearofFutility]

1. He was hit on the right side

The whole side of his right face neck were very bruised. (He just gave a statement from the hospital.)

[malaise]

3. Are you sure

Isn't what looks right on TV in fact left??

[FearofFutility]

I don't think so.

[janx]

8. When I saw him, just now, the right side of his face was

yellow/black/blue (even under the makeup).

HIS right side.

[pecwae]

2. Whittington live statement

You could see the right side of face and mid throat bruising. It was covered quite well with makeup.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Poor guy

What all did he say?

[pecwae]

7. Thanked the doctors, hospital

in quite a hoarse voice. Alluded to the difficult job Cheney has, but not specific. Joked about how the media has not been shy about reporting his age. Did not take questions. He looked good actually.

[flyarm]

4. opps just watched again..bruises on right side..eye is black and blue

on right side.

fly

[janx]

6. They're on YOUR left, his right, correct?

I just saw that and noted that the right side of his face was fairly trashed.

[flyarm]

14. his right side!! n/t

[janx]

9. Do you have a link to that article?

You're right about the report, unless the drawing of the guy in the report has his backside to us! ;-)

[BR_Parkway]

11. Sorry, thought I'd put it into the OP

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/02/17/shooting_report_is_wrong.html

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. As Chief Wiggum would say, "that's some nice police work, boys!"

[mzteris]

12. 'swhy I asked yesterday -

if he was hit on the LEFT side, how did he get hit in the liver?

It *may* be an entirely "innocent accident" - BUT it sure SMELLS of some type of coverup, doesn't it?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. This could still happen--high energy shotgun pellets going through abdomen

could easily get to the liver.

It's still all screwed up, but that particular detail isn't that hard.