Evidenced that the crying girl was staged (a summary)

[Maddy McCall]

Some DUers asked me to put this together, so here it is in article form:

***************

If you read the news on the ‘net last night, undoubtedly you came across a couple of very disturbing photographs, which were carried by AP and featured on Yahoo news, and which later found their way to Drudge Report and many internet web logs and discussion boards:





Photo caption: Sophia Parlock, 3, cries while seated on the shoulders of her father, Phil Parlock, a supporter of President Bush (news - web sites), after a Bush-Cheney sign she and her father were holding was torn up by another person standing in the crowd that had gathered to greet Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites), D-N.C., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, at the Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va. At right, is Alex Parlock, 11, Sophia's brother. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)

At the Democratic Underground forum, Several people expressed skepticism about the photos, and they did a little internet research. After reading what these DUers uncovered, it appears that Phil Parlock has a near decade-long history of “victimhood,” which he incited by taking his children to Democratic rallies and creating skirmishes—the stories about which have been reported in two West Virginia newspapers.

In 1996, Phil Parlock attended a Bill Clinton-Democratic rally in Huntington, West Virginia, not to support Clinton, but to display his anti-Clinton sign. According to a 27 August 1996 article in the Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail:

They obtained their tickets by promising those at Democratic headquarters they would be having signs during the president's visit, but they did not reveal their signs would be in support of Dole. "Clinton thinks he can just come here to Huntington and get a crowd, but we're here to show not all West Virginians share Clinton's values," said Gillespie, a senior at Marshall University. "We always try to give them a warm Republican welcome," said Painter, a recent graduate of Marshall University. Phil Parlock's experience was less calm. The Huntington man said he was knocked to the ground by a Clinton supporter when he tried to display a sign that read "Remember Vince Foster," the deputy White House counsel who committed suicide in a Washington, D.C., park. His death has become the subject of much debate among Clinton opponents."It must have been a strict Democrat who did this," Parlock said, feeling the red abrasions on his face. "Everyone with the exception of him was real peaceful about our protest." Parlock said some of the crowd tried to make other anti-Clinton demonstrators feel unwelcome. He estimated that about 150 Dole supporters attended the rally, but their signs couldn't be seen for most of the rally. "I came to show that not everyone from Huntington is going to vote for Clinton," Parlock said. (1)

Parlock’s confrontational, anti-Democratic demonstrations did not end as Clinton’s presidency came to a conclusion. During the 2000 presidential campaign, Parlock escalated his protests and even kept his son home from school to join him. Parlock, who worked for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, and his then twelve-year-old son Louis smuggled 16 pro-Bush signs into a Gore rally in West Virginia: they stuffed the posters into their shirts and socks to sneak them in, even though the rally tickets that granted them entrance said that no signs would be allowed. Inside the rally, Parlock and his son unfurled their Republican signs and ended up in a scuffle with United Mine Workers—supporters of Gore—who took the father-son duo’s signs away from them. According to a 28 October 2000 article in the Charleston Daily News:

Parlock said after all his signs were stolen, he got some more from a group of Bush supporters who had not been allowed into the rally. Though police said they were not ready to make official comment Friday evening, earlier Friday an officer said he had seen a scuffle during the rally. Charleston Police Patrolman R.H. Vinyard said the incident involved people with Bush-Cheney signs, though he could not identify them by name. He said Gore supporters got into a fight with the Bush supporters about 10 minutes before the end of Gore's speech. He said the altercation lasted about 45 seconds, was over before the police arrived to break it up and no one was treated for injuries. Afterward, he said, the Bush supporters tore up their own signs and left the area.

As workers cleaned up the debris from the rally in front of the Capitol after the rally, Parlock sat next to a pile of ripped up Bush-Cheney signs he had collected. He said he thought the people who took his signs went too far. Still, he said he'd do it again. And he thinks it was a good educational experience for Louis, too. "You can't get this kind of a lesson in school," he said. (2)

Flash forward to 16 September 2004. Same situation, different place, different children—after all, Parlock only has a brood of ten children from which to choose to accompany him on his missions. At an Edwards rally yesterday in West Virginia, Parlock once again showed up, this time with his three-year-old daughter perched on his shoulders and his eleven-year-old son by his side. Supposedly, the daughter and displayed held their Bush-Cheney signs, only to have the placards viciously ripped from their tender young fingers by an evil Democratic oppressor—a member of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. (Funny how those union members are always handy to take Parlock and his progeny’s signs away!)

According to Parlock, in a description of the scuffle that in the Washington, DC, Times yesterday, “They just pounced on us. She was crying; they were pushing and shoving her. She was scared.” (3)

As the little girl’s photo circulated the internet, many members of Democratic Underground questioned the incident. After scouring the internet, they discovered that the photographer, Randy Snyder, who captured the image of the crying toddler, is chief photo editor of one newspaper that has frequently featured Phil Parlock’s conservative activism and interned with another newspaper that carried article about Parlock. Therefore, the photograph was not just a lucky shot by some AP photographer who happened to witness the ugly scene. Could Snyder and Parlock have planned the nasty shot? Could they have been working in collusion? Would a true journalist stoop so low? (4)

But there’s an additional twist—a twist that demonstrates just how twisted men like Parlock can be. One very perceptive DUer found a photograph of the Parlock clan on the internet—at the Herald-Dispatch website, which employs camerabug Snyder—and she noticed that one of the older sons bears a striking resemblance to the union worker who accosted Parlock’s shouldered daughter:

The Parlock clan:


A comparison of the “union worker” and the Parlock son:


And, to demonstrate the familial similarities, a comparison of the “union worker” and Phil Parlock:



Seems too surreal to be true, doesn’t it? And it leaves the discriminating reader with many questions: Why would a man who understands the volatility of political rallies bring his children along, when he himself has been injured in scuffles at them? Were the people who “assaulted” Parlock at earlier rallies actually friends or family who assisted him in his quest for attention? Why would a man who supports the Republican family-values platform endanger his children, unless they never were endangered, because every single battle had been staged, with a reporter or photographer near?

With little doubt, when Phil Parlock saw his tearful daughter’s photograph on news sites last night, he knew he had hit the motherlode of activism. How could anyone not pity the tearful baby-doll sitting on his shoulders, holding the clean remnants of a sign just snatched from her grasp by a Neanderthal union worker? However, in his attempt to discredit Democratic Kerry-Edwards supporters, Parlock just might have invited scrutiny of his actions—last night, and in the previous two presidential election cycles. At the very least, he should come forward to answer the questions that are being posed—questions that damage his own credibility today and over the past decade.



Notes

1. Associated Press, “Dole Supporters Find it Rough at Clinton Party,” Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail, 27 August 1996, 3C. Available on Lexis Nexis database, accessed 16 September 2004.

2. Sam Tranum, “Signs for Bush Taken at Rally, Father, Son Say,” Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail, 28 October 2000, 1A. Available on Lexis Nexis database, accessed 16 September 2004

3. Robert Stacy McClain, “Democrats Accused of Ripping Bush Signs,” Washington DC Times, available on the internet at: < http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040917-010155-8041r.htm>

4. Randy Snyder, photography editor, brief bio available at < http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=236>


Written by jchild, 17 September 2004
DU investigators include, but are not limited to:
rezmutt (uncovered the Lexis Nexis articles that demonstrate Parlock's history of confrontationalism at Democratic events)
girl gone mad (photo comparisons of "union worker" and Parlock son at 16 September 2004 event)

[Maddy McCall]

1. Plain text summary for anyone who needs to rebut the photo:

If you read the news on the ‘net last night, undoubtedly you
came across a couple of very disturbing photographs, which
were carried by AP and featured on Yahoo news, and which later
found their way to Drudge Report and many internet web logs
and discussion boards:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040916/capt.wvrs10309162250.edwards_wvrs103.jpg

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040917/capt.wvrs10109170018.edwards_wv_wvrs101.jpg

Photo caption:  Sophia Parlock, 3, cries while seated on the
shoulders of her father, Phil Parlock, a supporter of
President Bush (news - web sites), after a Bush-Cheney sign
she and her father were holding was torn up by another person
standing in the crowd that had gathered to greet Democratic
vice presidential nominee Sen. John Edwards (news - web
sites), D-N.C., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, at the Tri-State
Airport in Huntington, W.Va. At right, is Alex Parlock, 11,
Sophia's brother. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)

At the Democratic Underground forum, Several people expressed
skepticism about the photos, and they did a little internet
research.  After reading what these DUers uncovered, it
appears that Phil Parlock has a near decade-long history of
“victimhood,” which he incited by taking his children to
Democratic rallies and creating skirmishes—the stories about
which have been reported in two West Virginia newspapers.

In 1996, Phil Parlock attended a Bill Clinton-Democratic rally
in Huntington, West Virginia, not to support Clinton, but to
display his anti-Clinton sign.  According to a 27 August 1996
article in the Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail:

They obtained their tickets by promising those at Democratic
headquarters they would be having signs during the president's
visit, but they did not reveal their signs would be in support
of Dole. "Clinton thinks he can just come here to
Huntington and get a crowd, but we're here to show not all
West Virginians share Clinton's values," said [Clint]
Gillespie, a senior at Marshall University. "We always
try to give them a warm Republican welcome," said
[Robert] Painter, a recent graduate of Marshall University.
Phil Parlock's experience was less calm. The Huntington man
said he was knocked to the ground by a Clinton supporter when
he tried to display a sign that read "Remember Vince
Foster," the deputy White House counsel who committed
suicide in a Washington, D.C., park. His death has become the
subject of much debate among Clinton opponents."It must
have been a strict Democrat who did this," Parlock said,
feeling the red abrasions on his face. "Everyone with the
exception of him was real peaceful about our protest."
Parlock said some of the crowd tried to make other
anti-Clinton demonstrators feel unwelcome. He estimated that
about 150 Dole supporters attended the rally, but their signs
couldn't be seen for most of the rally. "I came to show
that not everyone from Huntington is going to vote for
Clinton," Parlock said. (1)

Parlock’s confrontational, anti-Democratic demonstrations did
not end as Clinton’s presidency came to a conclusion.  During
the 2000 presidential campaign, Parlock escalated his protests
and even kept his son home from school to join him.  Parlock,
who worked for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, and his then
twelve-year-old son Louis smuggled 16 pro-Bush signs into a
Gore rally in West Virginia: they stuffed the posters into
their shirts and socks to sneak them in, even though the rally
tickets that granted them entrance said that no signs would be
allowed.  Inside the rally, Parlock and his son unfurled their
Republican signs and ended up in a scuffle with United Mine
Workers—supporters of Gore—who took the father-son duo’s signs
away from them.  According to a 28 October 2000 article in the
Charleston Daily News:

Parlock said after all his signs were stolen, he got some more
from a group of Bush supporters who had not been allowed into
the rally. Though police said they were not ready to make
official comment Friday evening, earlier Friday an officer
said he had seen a scuffle during the rally.  Charleston
Police Patrolman R.H. Vinyard said the incident involved
people with Bush-Cheney signs, though he could not identify
them by name. He said Gore supporters got into a fight with
the Bush supporters about 10 minutes before the end of Gore's
speech.  He said the altercation lasted about 45 seconds, was
over before the police arrived to break it up and no one was
treated for injuries. Afterward, he said, the Bush supporters
tore up their own signs and left the area.

As workers cleaned up the debris from the rally in front of
the Capitol after the rally, Parlock sat next to a pile of
ripped up Bush-Cheney signs he had collected. He said he
thought the people who took his signs went too far.  Still, he
said he'd do it again. And he thinks it was a good educational
experience for [his son] Louis, too. "You can't get this
kind of a lesson in school," he said. (2)

Flash forward to 16 September 2004.  Same situation, different
place, different children—after all, Parlock only has a brood
of ten children from which to choose to accompany him on his
missions. At an Edwards rally yesterday in West Virginia,
Parlock once again showed up, this time with his
three-year-old daughter perched on his shoulders and his
eleven-year-old son by his side.  Supposedly, the daughter and
displayed held their Bush-Cheney signs, only to have the
placards viciously ripped from their tender young fingers by
an evil Democratic oppressor—a member of the International
Union of Painters and Allied Trades.  (Funny how those union
members are always handy to take Parlock and his progeny’s
signs away!)

According to Parlock, in a description of the scuffle that in
the Washington, DC, Times yesterday, “They just pounced on us.
She was crying; they were pushing and shoving her. She was
scared.” (3)

As the little girl’s photo circulated the internet, many
members of Democratic Underground questioned the incident. 
After scouring the internet, they discovered that the
photographer, Randy Snyder, who captured the image of the
crying toddler, is chief photo editor of one newspaper that
has frequently featured Phil Parlock’s conservative activism
and interned with another newspaper that carried article about
Parlock.  Therefore, the photograph was not just a lucky shot
by some AP photographer who happened to witness the ugly
scene.  Could Snyder and Parlock have planned the nasty shot? 
Could they have been working in collusion? Would a true
journalist stoop so low? (4) 

But there’s an additional twist—a twist that demonstrates just
how twisted men like Parlock can be.  One very perceptive DUer
found a photograph of the Parlock clan on the internet—at the
Herald-Dispatch website, which employs camerabug Snyder—and
she noticed that one of the older sons bears a striking
resemblance to the union worker who accosted Parlock’s
shouldered daughter:

The Parlock clan:
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/photogalleries/Guard/images/photo16.jpg

A comparison of the “union worker” and the Parlock son:
http://img47.exs.cx/img47/323/disch.jpg 

And, to demonstrate the familial similarities, a comparison of
the “union worker” and Phil Parlock:
http://img47.exs.cx/img47/232/parl.jpg


Seems too surreal to be true, doesn’t it? And it leaves the
discriminating reader with many questions: Why would a man who
understands the volatility of political rallies bring his
children along, when he himself has been injured in scuffles
at them?  Were the people who “assaulted” Parlock at earlier
rallies actually friends or family who assisted him in his
quest for attention?  Why would a man who supports the
Republican family-values platform endanger his children,
unless they never were endangered, because every single battle
had been staged, with a reporter or photographer near.

With little doubt, when Phil Parlock saw his tearful
daughter’s photograph on news sites last night, he knew he had
hit the motherlode of activism.  How could anyone not pity the
tearful baby-doll sitting on his shoulders, holding the clean
remnants of a sign just snatched from her grasp by a
Neanderthal union worker?  However, in his attempt to
discredit Democratic Kerry-Edwards supporters, Parlock just
might have invited scrutiny of his actions—last night, and in
the previous two presidential election cycles.  At the very
least, he should come forward to answer the questions that are
being posed—questions that damage his own credibility today
and over the past decade.










Notes:

1.  Associated Press, “Dole Supporters Find it Rough at
Clinton Party,”  Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail, 27
August 1996,  3C.  Available on Lexis Nexis database, accessed
16 September 2004.

2. Sam Tranum, “Signs for Bush Taken at Rally, Father, Son
Say,” Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail, 28 October 2000, 
1A.  Available on Lexis Nexis database, accessed 16 September
2004

3. Robert Stacy McClain, “Democrats Accused of Ripping Bush
Signs,”  Washington DC Times, available on the internet at:
<
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040917-010155-8041r.htm>

4. Randy Snyder, photography editor, brief bio available at
< http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=236>


Written by jchild, 17 September 2004
DU investigators include, but are not limited to:
rezmutt (uncovered the Lexis Nexis articles that demonstrate
Parlock's history of confrontationalism at Democratic events)
girl gone mad (photo comparisons of "union worker"
and Parlock son at 16 September 2004 event)

Here is the thread that shows the fruit of this research:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=828458&mesg_id=828458

[shadu]

2. Sadly, this is no surprise

[OKNancy]

3. WOW!!

I'm awestruck jchild. Wonderful job.

[Maddy McCall]

12. Thanks, Nancy.

I just put it in article form. MANY contributed much more research to it than I did--credit Rezmutt and girl gone mad for the great stuff that made this relevant. :toast:

[VOX]

42. Thanks, jchild -- great, great job!

I would have loved to run with this story further, but as it is, I'm in the office now, and on only about 3 hours of sleep.

You've done an absolutely first-rate job in pulling all this together!!!

Brave -- :toast:

[Maddy McCall]

43. Thank you, Rezmutt

I really enjoyed sitting up last night with you...well, cybersitting up with you...all night and feeling the excitement as it all came together.

Woohooo!!! :toast:

[Cheswick2.0]

4. I wonder how hard he hit his daughter to get her to cry

What scum and he is bringing up his son to be lying scum too.

[jayfish]

21. Lets Not Go That Far,...

most of the time a whisper is all that is needed to get a three year old to cry.

Jay

[m0nstermike]

5. Send Phil an E-Mail

http://www.cyber-cinema.com/wwwboard/messages/543.html

Do you think it's him at [e-mail]?

[greenbriar]

11. send this to olberman and rather and hardball and the daily show

also, someone may need to call child protective services as well

[Shopaholic]

19. By all means, send this to Keith Olbermann--

he's about the only one with big enough balls to point out that this freeper is no stranger to "staged" events.

[TNOE]

6. Child Services May Need to be Brought IN

to investigate this family.... and I mean SERIOUSLY.

[yellowcanine]

7. Neither the father nor brother confront the "Union sign ripper" either.

Funny - he is standing right there and neither the father nor the brother (on the father's left) are so much as yelling at the "union" guy. Shouldn't the photographer who took a staged photo be challenged on his journalistic ethics by his newspaper?

[Insomnicole]

15. I wondered about that too...

...I'm trying to imagine any situation where if someone had assaulted the 3-year-old me, my dad would NOT be kicking the guy into the middle of the next century. Please.

[gatorboy]

8. Excellent job man!

If my wife had caught me using our daughter as a human shield, it would be frypan city for me. I wonder how she feels about this.

[Maddy McCall]

10. The point is that it appears that his own son "attacked" his daughter...

This was choreographed and had been practiced, and the photographer summoned to be near when it all went down.

[jean]

9. Do we know who the guy behind Parlock is? Could he be Phil 2?

[wryter2000]

13. Great work!

Thanks to everyone who worked on this. Especially for figuring out who the thuggish "union guy" is. :yourock:

[Another Bill C.]

14. Here are a couple more:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=829186&mesg_id=829471

[Shopaholic]

16. The repugs are just doing this to distract from the story

about the arrest of the Gold Star Mother yesterday. And you know what? It will work. The media will eat this up and totally ignore what happened yesterday with the GS Mom.

[yardwork]

22. I think it is deeper than that

The father has done this at least twice in the past - in 2000 and in 1996. Apparently he's a professional "victim" for the Republicans.

Also, this is not the first incident of this kind during the past few weeks. There have been several other well-publicized incidents in which guys wearing various union shirts are photographed apparently harrassing or attacking Bush supporters.

The unions need to be informed that their shirts are being worn by disruptors who are trying smear the unions and Kerry and Democrats.

[baldguy]

17. That is one of the sickest, most disturbing things I;ve ever seen.

Call the Child Protection Services. That's child abuse.

[KurtNYC]

18. good work

[BurtWorm]

20. Thank you, jchild, rezmutt, girlgonemad, et al.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

:toast:

[mzmolly]

23. Julia you HAVE to send this to the media.

http://www.fair.org/media-contact-list.html

[Maddy McCall]

24. Anyone who wants to fire this off to any media outlets...

You have my permission.

I am about to fall into bed. I've been up all night researching and putting this together.

Thanks, everyone. :hi:

[Mr_Spock]

35. ...and thank you so much for doing this - great work.

Very, very good work.

That guy is a prototypical freeper.

[Maddy McCall]

40. Thanks, but you really should thank Rezmutt...

he and girl gone mad are the stars of the day! :thumbsup:

[JMac]

37. Sent it to Washington Times and others

Someone who is more articulate then myself should contact West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources about his abusing and endangering his kids. Here is the form to report child abuse:


http://www.wvdhhr.org/contact.cfm

[Ganja Ninja]

25. Was this the guy that claimed his son was punched in the stomach

down in Palm Beach County during the aborted recount of Election 2000?

I've tried google for information but couldn't find any.

[noamnety]

65. I found an Andrew Parlock

From Charlotte NC, but seems to have been in Florida in Nov 2000.

http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Bike_hardtail/product_25527.shtml

Could be totally unrelated, but there is an Andrew Parlock from WVU. http://www.ia.wvu.edu/~magazine/issues/spring2002/htmlfiles/classnotes.html

That says he married Erin Hawley. I wonder if this is the same Erin Hawley that is the Alliances Manager for ProSight Federal - responsible for identifying and growing strategic alliances within the federal market. http://www.prosight.com/press/releases/pr040210.asp

(of course it's more likely, if it's the same family, that Erin Hawley is now Erin Parlock and is at home, barefoot and pregnant.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

26. The picture itself is indictment

As any parent will tell you....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=829588#

[desiindian]

27. Great work. I emailed this summary to Dan Froomkin of WP <NT>

[yardwork]

28. Please add this thread info to your summary

A DUer found a quote of Parlock complaining that a painters union guy tore his daughter's sign. Parlock is insane, imo.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x829891

[yardwork]

29. Parlock was quoted at the scene of a shooting some months ago

Somebody shot into the air at an RNC Headquarters some months ago, and Parlock was present and quoted in the article as saying that "a Democrat must have done this." Here's the thread linking the article:

Given Parlock's propensity to stage fake attacks on himself and his children at political rallies, this bears some investigation.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Guaranteed]

34. Just two WEEKS ago! nt

[Ganja Ninja]

36. This guy really gets around. Someone should contact the police.

Filing a false police report, shooting a weapon at an occupied building and within city limits. He sounds dangerous.

[TexasBushwhacker]

30. And the little girl holding the pieces of the sign makes good photo op

Parlock's own account:

"Parlock said a Kerry supporter yanked a Bush-Cheney sign out of Sophia’s hands, making her cry. As they stood along the road later, someone threw the ripped-up remains of the sign at them as they passed."

Okay, so "someone" yanked the sign out of little pawn Sophia's hands, then passed by later and threw the ripped-up remains. Little Sophia is one heck of a catcher, especially on her daddy's shoulders. Unless someone outside the Parlock clan witnessed said events, my guess is that bubba grabbed the sign, ripped it up and put it back in Sophia's hands. How else would it have gotten there? The poor little girl is probably terrified being up on Dad's shoulders with all those signs around her.

What ever happened to "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."?

[trotsky]

31. One thing that doesn't make sense.

Would he really have his son pose as the union guy? That seems awfully stupid, especially if they were planning on taking pictures.

Signing up some local freeper to do it, that I can understand. But the son makes it way too easy to expose.

[Maddy McCall]

33. Look how careless he's already been...

--three skirmishes in three presidential elections.
--just happened to be at the Republican headquarters in HIS hometown when a "sniper" took aim.

This guy is so desperate for attention, I wouldn't put it past him to use his own kid, disguised in a "rally cap" to foment the act. He's obviously a sicko.

[shrub chipper]

38. as if the lazy media

would expose it. LOL

[Guaranteed]

45. It's also pretty stupid to bring your three-year-old daughter into

a hostile environment.

[girl gone mad]

47. I don't think he gave it any thought.

He probably didn't even think he would get caught - he's done this kind of thing before. Maybe he just thought no one would take the time to put two and two together.

He's never been to DU, after all.

[LisaL]

50. They could have thought that the son

was like superman, if he puts the cap on backwards, no one would recognize him?

[Maddy McCall]

51. LOL! I thought the exact same thing...

as if he were in disguise. LOL!!!

[no name no slogan]

48. Worse yet, wearing a union T-Shirt

I honestly would not put this past him, though. IMHO he's done too good a setup job.

Think about it: the "union thug" just so happens to be wearing a union t-shirt on that day-- how many others in the picture are wearing t-shirts like that? If it's at a union-sponsored rally, shouldn't more people be wearing them? In the theater world, they call it typecasting. It's like how the bad guy in a western always wears the black hat-- it's that obvious.

People who do things like this and then cover them up are careless in many ways. They oftentimes do an almost perfect job of creating the cover-up-- so good a job, that there's obviously only ONE WAY things could have happenned.

This kind of behavior is like people who stage accidents to collect fake insurance claims. It's got to be the same type of disorder. This man needs treatment, and fast.

[cheezus]

32. Dress yourself and small child in Yankees garb and go a Red Sox game

jesus. are parent's just retarded? I mean, even if it wasn't staged.

then again, if it IS staged, the guy is using a 3 year old for political gain.

sad, sad, sad....

[JMac]

39. Report child abuse and neglect

West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources
State Capitol Complex, Building 3 Room 206
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


Report Form: http://www.wvdhhr.org/contact.cfm

[Name removed]

41. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[murdoch]

44. Photographer named his daughter Reagan

If you go to the link of the photographer

http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=236

And look at picture #10, you can see that this guy named his daughter Reagan - barf.

[mzteris]

72. Photographer

*****If you go to the link of the photographer

http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=236

And look at picture #10, you can see that this guy named his daughter Reagan - barf******

Seems Randy is pretty tight with the Parlocks... he's always taking pictures of them..


(errrrr... how do you get the picture to post in here?)

www.herald-dispatch.com/. ../Guard/page15.htm
Randy Snyder / The Herald-Dispatch
Spc. Pamela Parlock, 20, of Huntington gives her 8-year-old brother, Daniel, a flag as she leaves Saturday morning with the 1257th Transportation Company of the W.Va. Army National Guard in Huntington for Indiana then overseas to assist in the Iraqi war. More than 160 guardsmen and 60 trucks shipped from the unit.

(Only she never actually "shipped out" to Iraq.....)
He was at the alleged shooting incident taking pictures there and also at the July 4th 2003 "Bush rally" that the Parlocks attended.... can't get to the picture "archive" but it wouldn't surprise me if pictures of them were there, too.

[Blue_Roses]

46. GOOD WORK!

this is great! :kick: CPS needs to be called in to check on this guy!

[Maddy McCall]

49. Kick

[JLucas4092]

52. Posted

and e-mailed to numerous websites.

[lilwondrgl]

53. I think you've got the wrong son as the union worker

I think it's the guy in the long sleeve shirt standing next to the guy you think is your man. Examine the face shape, note especially the nose and the brow ridges. I'm near 100% sure that is the person at the rally. The other one's eye shape and nose shape is distinctly different. Just an idear. But I do believe it is his son who did that.

[Kilroy003]

59. You're new here but I gotta say...

I agree with your assessment. The guy in the grey long sleeve shirt looks more like the guy in the union shirt than any other kid. I'm no where near 100% sure, but if I had to pick one out of the family photo who most resembles the union guy, I would pick grey long sleeve shirt kid any day of the week.

The only problem with this whole deal is this...
Perhaps the union guy is Phil's kid. OK. I have seen no evidence from these two photo's and various accounts of the situation which would without a doubt lead me to believe that the union guy in the Marshall hat is the guy who actually ripped up the sign. He could be wearing the union shirt to be funny and smiling like an idiot because his family was just assaulted and some people act like that when they're nervous and uncomfortable. There.

All I'm saying is we have to be damn sure of anything these days in order to fire off a bunch of emails to the media about it. If we end up being partially or totally wrong, we'll regret it.

Enough about the West Virginians already. Sheesh!

[LisaL]

62. Well, that is not going to fly, because the father denied that union guy

is Phil II. I agree, this guy needs to be identified, how hard can it be?

[lilwondrgl]

63. LOL thanks

I went to cosmetology school (not that that makes me an expert) and we were taught to closely examine face shape/structure for the best application of makeup or the best cut/style for the person's hair.

As for him ripping up the sign, he's still got a piece of the sign in his hand in one photo.

Of course, the only evidence we have are a few photos (snapshots of, what .001 seconds of time) and Phil Parlock talking. So far as I know, no one else at the rally was interviewed regarding this new information.

We do have to be damn sure, unfortunately that's not a trend the media is following these days. They want IN YOUR FACE COVERAGE ALL DAY EVERYDAY FROM AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE or whatever. They want headlines, they want people watching, cos they want to make the big bucks. Some news sources just want to 'get the message out', like Phil Parlock is doing.

All of this is just wrong. Even if that Union guy isn't his son, which I strongly suspect he is, he still set up a potentially dangerous situation for his kids. He's done it in the past, and his intent IS to stir up trouble to 'get the message out'. He knows exactly what he's doing, and knows the probably reaction. Bringing his children is downright WRONG.

[Maddy McCall]

54. Guys, a WV DUer has confirmed that the cap is a Marshall cap...

on the "union guy" and Parlock's kid goes to Marshall U.

It gets better and better, doesn't it.

[JohnKleeb]

55. damn it gets better

You, Res, and the others have been on this from the getko, you guys are awesome.

[Maddy McCall]

57. Well, thank you!

It makes it worth all the insults that were hurled at us last night--some DUers were practically equating us with child abusers for being suspicious of the father.

I gotta admit, it's a great feeling to have it work out this way. I love being vindicated. :-)

[RebelOne]

68. How can it be identified as a Marshall U. cap?

You can barely see it and it is turned backward. It could be anything.

[Career Prole]

56. Who says investigative journalism is dead?

Congrats to all involved...beautiful job! :toast:

[remfan]

58. Take another look at the family photo

Parlock has 10 kids, right? Assuming the person in the truck is one of the kids, those are the 10 Parlock children, and assuming those are the children, Phil II is most likely the one in the red plaid shirt, and Phil I is taking the picture.

Now compare the one in the red shirt to the "IUPAT" guy, and note the sideburns on both.

[lilwondrgl]

60. I Think that's dad

I'm pretty sure that's Phil Parlock, not his son. I'm pretty sure it's the kid in the long sleeve grey shirt, and so is this guy: http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/091804X.shtml

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

61. DUers!!!

The son is the one in the BLUE shirt in the family pic! The one to the LEFT of the guy people have apparently IDed as the son. LOOK!

The one in the blue shirt has a broader build and looks FAR more like the guy in the protest pic!

[lilwondrgl]

64. I don't agree

Look at the face shape. The match with the blue shirt is much more tenuous than grey shirt. Grey shirt's build also matches better. Look at the brow ridge and the nose. Blue shirts nose is wider at the nostrils than the 'union guy's'. Grey shirt's matches.

[lilwondrgl]

66. I don't know how to post pictures but I made this

Either way, the 'union guy' suspiciously resembles the dad. You'll also notice the little boys reaction



The fists up, pissed off look (and unsure) and stance all add up to bad acting to me. Of course, this is all speculation, but most kids are bad liars. You'll notice what's supposed to be seconds later, he's got a completely different demeanor (remember, dad is trying to make a statement about us nasty violent democrats, while he's just a peaceful repub trying to 'get the message out'.) His first 'fake' reaction though, is much more plausible to me. If someone had just assaulted a little child, the majority would probably smash his face. If this is true (which I doubt), guess we oughta see some charges pressed on Parlocks part.

Maybe just conspiracy theory on my part, I guess time will tell.

[Pallas180]

67. WELL WRITTEN, PLEASE SEND THIS TO WASHINGTON POST -

AND THE ny tIMES, tIME mAGAZINE, la TIMES

pEOPLE HAVE to know about the repugnant dirty tricks.

Send to letter to editor if they wont take it as as story.

[imax2268]

70. I believe you are right lilwondrgl...

just look at the cheek bone on the guy with the blue shirt on and the guy wearing the union shirt...I just now seen it and it looks pretty close to an exact match...

either that or Phil has been messing around about town...!

Now if he says that it's not his son...then how come no body has come forward to say this besides Mr Parlock...?
I mean if it's such a small town someone should know who the guy in the union shirt is right...?

[Cats Against Frist]

69. Rock OUT

You have the Eagle Eye. Thanks!

[Algorem]

71. No doubt they did the bullet-hits-Republican -headquarters too.These

are dangerous nuts who belong in the dangerousnuthouse. http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/091804X.shtml