This is indeed great news, and a step in the right direction. However (trying to be a bit sober): what authority does the City Manager have to conclude that Norbits "did not intend to discharge his weapon..."? Us literary folks would call this an example of the "intentional fallacy." The problem is not only that it is an unjustifiable assertion, a fallacy, but also that it prejudices the investigation from its beginning by assuming that what the officer claims is the truth and not an aposteriori (i.e. after the fact) justification.<div>
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Wm. Castro<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Brian Dolinar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:briandolinar@gmail.com">briandolinar@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">See attached press release. BD<br><font color="#888888">-- <br>Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.<br>303 W. Locust St.<br>Urbana, IL 61801<br>
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