[Peace] [coalition] Officer Norbits suspended for 30 days for killing Kiwane

[William Castro]

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.

Wm. Castro

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>wrote:

> See attached press release. BD
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