Wisconsin College Admin: Police Shouldn’t Prosecute Shoplifters

The Daily Caller ^ | 08/21/2015 | Blake Neff

[magellan]

An administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggested at a recent roundtable conversation that, in order to combat "overpolicing" in the community, police should no longer respond to shoplifting claims at large stores such as Wal-Mart, and shouldn't agree to prosecute people caught stealing.

"I just don't think that they should be prosecuting cases ... for people who steal from Wal-Mart. I just don't think that, right?" said UW-Madison director of community relations Everett Mitchell. "I don't think [with] Target or all them other places, them big box stores that have insurance, they should be using justification, the fact that people steal from there as justification to start engaging in aggressive police practices, right?"

[magellan]

The mainstreaming of looting is a logical end state of the Black Lives Matter movement. It is no longer SNAP/TANF/EBT, it is just take what you want. As long as you take it from Walmart and Target ... today. The mom and pop stores come next year.

[Old Sarge]

As long as you take it from Walmart and Target ... today. The mom and pop stores come next year.

Good observation.

[WayneS]

"I just don't think that they should be prosecuting cases ... for people who steal from Wal-Mart. I just don't think that, right?"

Wrong.

[detective]

Who does this idiot think pays for shoplifting? Stores are forced to raise their prices and the honest customers pay.

[freedumb2003]

Not satire?

[TruthWillWin]

Some sould say to this idiot “You’re Fired!”

[NorthMountain]

police should no longer respond to shoplifting claims at large stores such as Wal-Mart, and shouldn't agree to prosecute people caught stealing.

OK ... then the police should no longer respond or agree to prosecute people who beat the living crap out of shoplifters.

[Gamecock]

So the professor wouldn’t have any objections if I pickpocketed him and maxed out his credit cards?

[WayneS]

In my opinion, it is disgraceful that an functionally illiterate person can get a job as a spokesperson for a university.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Well gee, maybe the police should escort the shoplifters to their cars so they don’t get mugged and robbed of their goods in the parking lot. /S

[madison10]

Maybe the administor would like “shoplifters” to help themselves to his home.

[MUDDOG]

And they wonder why businesses don’t open stores in black neighborhoods.

[Sacajaweau]

http://news.wisc.edu/23958

[GraceG]

By that logic students should shoplift their over priced liberal indoctrination manuals from the commie college campus commissary.

[Black Agnes]

Great news! I’m sure their on campus bookstore feels the same way. Hopefully their science and engineering majors are picking up those outrageously expensive science and math textbooks right now at a 100% discount!

[ConservativeInPA]

 all them other places, them big box stores that have insurance, they should be using justification, the fact that...

Excellent English skills. Let me guess, 'them' is actually prounounced, 'dem'.

[Responsibility2nd]

I think I’ll stroll around the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and pick up some of their stuff I want and take off with it.

They wouldn’t have a problem with that, right?

[ken5050]

JUST WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE GOES SHOPPING AT THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE!!

[taxcontrol]

Cool, lets all go to his house and take his stuff.

[newgeezer]

"I just don't think that they should be prosecuting cases ... for people who steal from Wal-Mart...."

To quote the late, great Frank Barone, "Holy cr@p!"

Behold a respected faculty member of a modern-day state university.