Maybe town of Snohomish isn't as bad as originally thought....

[allthatjazz]

PI writer, Carol Smith, wrote their most read article of 2006 entitled:
"Boy hurt by cannon blast feels twice wounded", which claimed the town of Snohomish was more concerned about losing their football cannon tradition than the well-being of a boy who was injured in a football game cannon blast.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296584_cannon20.html

The latest article by Scott North at the Herald describes an investigation that has little to do with a cannon football tradition:

New accusations fly in cannon case
A Snohomish couple say a boy badly hurt in the blast left them threatening messages.

By Scott North
Herald Writer


SNOHOMISH - Snohomish police are investigating new reports of telephone harassment linked to the October explosion of a ceremonial cannon at a Snohomish High School football game.

This time, at least some of the reported harassment allegedly came from a boy whose leg was seriously injured in the blast, according to people connected with the case.

The threats began after the injured teen allegedly told an adult friend that he overloaded the cannon, hoping for a bigger blast.
more....
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/01/26/100loc_a1cannon001.cfm

[regnaD kciN]

1. Sounds to me like more harrassment of the victim...

...by the town, including its police force (which is likely primarily made up of grads of that school).

[The empressof all]

2. Hi there

There are more than a few terrific DUers from Snohomish. It's a very blue town and generally full of caring democrats who care about this community. The smear campaign against the town was extremely hurtful to many of us and based upon inaccuracies and out and out lies.

I have to tell you that as a news junkie myself I was once again reminded to be skeptical about what we read.

There is much more about this case than you and I know. The Town and it's citizens are not to blame here.

[allthatjazz]

3. Well said, empress

I also felt like it was a smear campaign against the town of Snohomish, but am not sure who is behind it. I hope the truth eventually comes out.

[The empressof all]

4. The first article was written in December

It was based upon a press release from an attorney hired by the boy who was hurt. I don't know if he or his family even knew that was being released in that way to the paper. The article didn't report the rousing and warm welcome that the boy who was hurt got at an all school assembly earlier that fall. Most of the kids in the school knew nothing about these reported threats and were very upset that their behavior as a whole was being questioned by folks who made assumptions based upon that first article.

Since this one hit so close to home for me it really was a good lesson for my family to question what information does get reported.

[allthatjazz]

5. It was an eye opener for me too

My kids go to Snohomish High school and they were amazed at the things that were being said about their school and town.
I saw that the more recent newspaper articles blamed press releases from the boy's attorney as being the original source, but as far as I could tell, an attorney was never mentioned in the early PI or Herald articles. They only quoted the boy and his mother directly when referring to threats they received.

[The empressof all]

6. I come from a family of attorneys but

Frankly, who even knows if the boy and his family even knew the attorney was going to put that release out to the press. The reporter screwed this up big time IMO....She didn't do her research and it would appear she didn't even seek out information on the "other" side here.

I'm willing to give everyone some benefit of the doubt here but I do know that the town and the kids at the school were unfairly smeared by the press and a whole mess of folks on the internet who ran with that first report and felt free to make judgments about our community based on one article written by a "lazy" reporter.

We know the truth about our wonderful town....