Dick Harpootlian
Dick Harpootlian
call calling calls certainly help unaware wrong
He was unaware that he had done anything wrong whatsoever, because he, in fact, calls the police. He was calling for help from police. Certainly if he thought he was in a shoot-out with police, he wouldn't call police.
golf side
He did play golf, and he did come home. It may have been a side trip.
distance forces ourselves
That's not the way you distinguish someone's politics. It forces us to distance ourselves from him.