University of Wisconsin official thinks shoplifting not a crime

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University of Wisconsin official thinks shoplifting not a crime. This man, who supposedly has a law degree and once worked for the District Attorney, thinks the police should ignore shoplifters so as to avoid “over polic[ing] our children.”

This post was last modified on August 21, 2015

J.P. Travis: Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976 graduate of University of Michigan, father, grandfather, husband, founder and CEO of Travelyn Publishing (http://www.travelynpublishing.com/), and passionate anti-government believer in individual liberty.

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  • Isn't affirmative action wonderful? Isn't BRA grand? So glad all races are equal and dieversity works.

  • So let me get this straight, this numb as a fence post clown thinks that shoplifting isn't a crime. So next he'll be telling people that violent home invasions aren't a crime either. And if that's the mentality of the inner-city people who listen to this idiot, little wonder they're filled with rampaging lunatics who burn down their own city.

  • Everyone knows that those little Mau Mau thugs are NOT accountable to white men's laws. It does NO good to arrest them, other than to make everyone angry....better to just to put them all on a bus and take them out to the local pig farmer. Pigs love fresh food - and you can sell the sausge and hams back to the Piggly Wiggly in the local markets. Let the liberals just consider it 4th term abortion, while the conservatives can consider it justice.

  • This guy is guilty of theft. The fact that he spouts this crap & collects a paycheck from UW Madison means he is stealing money.

  • This liberal loon is a good example of how useless a college education is when you don't have a brain to go with it. Thieves cost us consumers over $13 BILLION per year because retailers have to jack up their prices to cover the losses. This dumbass thinks shoplifting isn't a crime? It damn sure is when money has to come out of my pocket to help pay for what a thief takes. They are stealing from me, from all of us, not just a store.

  • Just proves you don't have to be smart or have any common sense to be a lawyer.

    And I am sure (wink, wink) this would apply only in back neighborhoods. Want to drive businesses out and have nothing left? Let the horde steal them blind.

    Also makes me wonder just how much this guy has swiped in his life. If he sees nothing wrong with breaking the law, I am sure he feels empowered to walk into a mini mart, steal some Ding Dongs and walk out without paying.

    Over policing is just another term for don't arrest criminals.

  • I wonder how he'd feel if a pack of white kids went into a mini-mart run by a black family and stripped the shelves bare?