Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

U. Wisconsin official: let's stop prosecuting shoplifting
Campus Reform ^ | Aug 24, 2015 | Peter Fricke

Posted on 08/30/2015 8:07:44 AM PDT by george76

Mitchell, a former assistant district attorney, says his comments were not an endorsement of shoplifting.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison official claims laws against shoplifting are just an excuse to over-police minority communities.

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

...

Mitchell, a former assistant district attorney, offered shoplifting as an example, suggesting that communities of color may prefer that police refrain from enforcing laws against theft from large retail chains because responding to such crimes leads to an increased police presence in neighborhoods where shoplifting is prevalent.

Mitchell also noted that police generally defend their actions by saying they are merely directing their focus toward high-crime areas, but rejected that explanation, saying, “they do that all the time to justify why they’re going to over-police our children.”

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: academia; affirmativeaction; commoncore; education; moreoldnews; prosecuting; shoplifting; wisconsin
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-79 next last

1 posted on 08/30/2015 8:07:44 AM PDT by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: george76

Walmart has effectively done just that.


2 posted on 08/30/2015 8:09:37 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Might as well stop prosecuting car thieves, jewelry store robberies, bank robberies, etc,etc,etc.

Because well, they have insurance.


3 posted on 08/30/2015 8:09:38 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
“I don’t think [with] Target or all them other places, them big box stores that have insurance, they should be using the fact that people steal from there as justification to start engaging in aggressive police practices, right?”

Such an articulate man, a true representative of the University.

4 posted on 08/30/2015 8:11:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Why not just have Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target deliver a free item each month to all people of color so that they don’t have to bother going into the store?


5 posted on 08/30/2015 8:11:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

They used to institutionalize folks who babbled nonsense as a threat to themselves or others.


6 posted on 08/30/2015 8:11:37 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Theorks for Hillary.y need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

From each according to his deeds, to each according to his needs.

Some people actually believe that????


7 posted on 08/30/2015 8:12:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Cruz is still my #1, but Trump is impressing the hell out of me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

They probably wouldn’t get the specific items they prefer. Maybe each store should have a website where PoC can order whatever they want without paying.


8 posted on 08/30/2015 8:12:40 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: george76

Actually, what this guy is saying is fairly common in some liberal circles. I’ve been told by liberals that crime is no more prevalent in minority areas than it is in white areas. According to these liberals, if law enforcement policed the white suburbs the way they do the central cities, there would be no difference in the crime rates.


9 posted on 08/30/2015 8:13:05 AM PDT by DugwayDuke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
Why stop there. Just put a sign up in all stores stating:

"Everything Free for People of Color."

10 posted on 08/30/2015 8:13:08 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
A University of Wisconsin-Madison official claims laws against shoplifting are just an excuse to over-police minority communities.

What he is trying to say in his convoluted politically correct way is that "minority community" (Amish?) are much more prone to thievery than other Americans.

11 posted on 08/30/2015 8:13:54 AM PDT by nightlight7
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Let’s not prosecute anyone who robs Everett Mitchell house and car.


12 posted on 08/30/2015 8:15:36 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
All you need to read from this article:

"I don’t think"

13 posted on 08/30/2015 8:16:12 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bloody Sam Roberts

yep, Wal-Mart sold a big screen TV to a thief using our CC at 5:30 a.m.

got a pic of him, too !!!

and ..... nothing .......


14 posted on 08/30/2015 8:16:44 AM PDT by nevermorelenore
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76
So now they can not only be a bogus victim, if caught now we're supposed to let them go. Who would ever come up with such an idea?

Oh...never mind...


15 posted on 08/30/2015 8:17:04 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DugwayDuke

There are drive-bys on my street all the time, but it’s never reported on or investigated, and nobody ever goes to jail.

I wish the police cared about white people! :(


16 posted on 08/30/2015 8:17:08 AM PDT by Right2BareArms
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: george76

His black @$$ is showing...


17 posted on 08/30/2015 8:17:53 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
I was just in Madistan last weekend. We had the misfortune of being there during freshmen move in week.

This seems perfectly logical to me if you understand Wisconsin's university system. The regents and academics just take what they want from the taxpayers with no recourse. The taxpayers just have to accept it. So the next logical step is for those associated with the university to just take whatever they want or need. In a perverse sort of way it's more cost efficient than all the middle men in the tax collection process. Just eliminate the overheads and just take.

18 posted on 08/30/2015 8:18:51 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DugwayDuke

Considering how heavy handed some suburban areas are, the crime rates should be even lower. They have nothing better to do than look for petty offenses.


19 posted on 08/30/2015 8:19:20 AM PDT by Shadow44
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: george76

rather than prosecuting, store owners should be allowed to administer 20 lashes with a cat of nine tails in the parking lot for all to see


20 posted on 08/30/2015 8:19:23 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, .. Iran deal & holocaust: Obama's batting clean up for Adolph Hitler)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-79 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson