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Don’t let judgment precede the facts

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By dwight jaynes

The Portland Tribune, Apr 4, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (15 Reader comments)

Left: Morrison Right: Dominguez

Go ahead, call me too conservative, overly cautious or just too nice, but I’m not going to be making any snap judgments or pronouncements about the two Portland State University basketball players who were jailed in Mexico for allegedly assaulting another American college student.

Even though the athletic director at PSU seemed to have immediately made up his mind about the guilt of Scott Morrison and Jeremiah Dominguez, I’ll wait a little longer.

“We are surprised and disappointed in the actions and poor judgment our student athletes have shown in this situation,” said Torre Chisholm, PSU’s director of athletics, on the day the news broke. “Prior to this, they conducted themselves in a positive manner within our program. I am disheartened to see them put themselves in such a bad position.”

In what position? Being in Mexico? And what poor judgment? Having a beer in Cabo?

Look, it could turn out that these two players did a very horrible thing. In fact, if you made up your mind right away, without hearing the whole story from all concerned parties, they probably looked pretty guilty.

But that’s a problem, because we’re a long way away from Cabo San Lucas. And we don’t know much about what really went on down there. We may never know the real story.

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