85 Witnesses Surely Can't Be Wrong

CNN's version starts with a dad who gets into an argument with his girlfriend, and ends up smacking his son and throwing him off a moving tour boat in a busy area.  The child was a mediocre swimmer and was in danger from the water, the boat traffic and his own father.  The father jumped in after his son, but of course he wouldn't have to do that if he hadn't thrown him into danger in the first place.

(CNN) -- A father accused of smacking his crying 7-year-old and throwing the child off a moving boat says he did nothing wrong.

Briles told CNN affiliate KTLA "we were having fun, it was a harbor cruise!" He said he did not hit his son and he "did nothing except jump in the water with my kid."

"But luckily, three boats saw the kid and converged on him, and plucked him from the water," Amormino said.

"The father did jump in (after his son), but the crowd on the boat became angry when he was hitting the kid and became more angry when he threw him overboard," Amormino said. There were 85 people on the tour boat.

The article didn't have any comments from specific witnesses, but I can't imagine they would be quiet after this, so my assumption is that there was a turd floating in the ocean today, and a poor little boy suffered and was saved.