After a high-profile campaign of public protests, last year Officer Richard Fiorito was finally put on desk duty and prohibited from testifying in his DUI arrest cases.

The only problem with Monday's announcement clearing Fiorito was that it contained - let me put this delicately - a bold-faced lie, or at best a half-truth.

"Our investigation included all of the alleged victims..." wrote State's Attorney Alvarez in a letter to Police Superintendent Jody Weis.

Really? Then why did you interview only five of the 37 victim-plaintiffs?

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