tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post7471314578774483464..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Thank you, Ralph PhelanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-24993304210141016252007-10-10T09:18:00.000-04:002007-10-10T09:18:00.000-04:00Self correction:"It's in Addison's interest to cla...Self correction:<BR/><BR/>"It's in Addison's interest to claim that he was following orders and policy and <I>[that he reasonably believed that]</I> what he was doing was legal..."<BR/><BR/>I expect to see a lot of underlings using a combined stupidity/Nuremberg defense. Despite its bad reputation this defense does sometimes work (especially for underlings in an organization that hasn't just lost a war).<BR/><BR/>I don't know enough law to know if the city can advance a theory of "It was all illegal actions by these named individuals, therefore outside the scope of their employment, therefore their personal libaility, not ours." I also don't know the Durham political environment well enough to know if the conspirators are ready to start throwing each other to the wolves. They seem to have a pretty strong good-ole-boy omerta down there.<BR/><BR/>The insurer's interests are so intricately dependent on details of law and their specific contract that I have no idea what their incentives are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-36648943851334069012007-10-09T21:43:00.000-04:002007-10-09T21:43:00.000-04:00OOPS!"their" = rogue copS, in my first paragraph.OOPS!<BR/><BR/>"their" = rogue copS, in my first paragraph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-18580546958576716992007-10-09T21:39:00.000-04:002007-10-09T21:39:00.000-04:00Thanks John!You touch on the "rogue cop" topic the...Thanks John!<BR/><BR/>You touch on the "rogue cop" topic the city will want to push, to disassociate their actions from that which is standard or acceptable.<BR/><BR/>I anticipate, as I've posted elsewhere, that the city will be the one calling on Duke and any others they can hope to spread the blame on.<BR/><BR/>Lets hope this show makes it through the preliminary steps,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-90153899089828044842007-10-09T15:41:00.000-04:002007-10-09T15:41:00.000-04:00Chronicle will be back tomorrow. We all missed the...Chronicle will be back tomorrow. We all missed them during this fall break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-53967084369340082032007-10-09T14:15:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:15:00.000-04:00fall break...no chroniclefall break...no chronicleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-44327423453951694462007-10-09T12:14:00.000-04:002007-10-09T12:14:00.000-04:00Good observations on the wedge between Addison and...Good observations on the wedge between Addison and the DPD.<BR/><BR/>Seriously off topic: DUKE Chronicle. <BR/><BR/>Looking for my Kristin Butler hit this morning - all that comes up is the October 5 edition. What's with the Chronicle? Circling the wagons against us uncultured furriners?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com