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Patriotic Muggers Return Soldier's Wallet

By Alex in Crime & Law, Weapons & War on Nov 12, 2009 at 2:55 pm


You’ve got to hand it to Wisconsin’s muggers. They may be criminals, but darn it, they’re patriotic criminals!

A Milwaukee Army reservist’s military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID.

The 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student said he was walking home from work about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday when he was pulled into an alley and told to lay face down and with a gun to his neck. Four men took his wallet, $16, keys, his cell phone and even a PowerBar wrapper from his pants pockets, he said.

But the hostile tone quickly changed when one of the robbers, whom the reservist presumed was the leader, saw an Army ID in the wallet. The robber told the others to return the items and they put most of his belongings on the ground next to him, including the wrapper, the reservist said.

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  1. amberae
    Nov 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    well, sure... they returned the wallet, but does it mean they're going to stop? Is one act of kindness commendable for how many gun point robberies they've done? The only reason they handed back his wallet, is for an instant they saw him as a human being, if they saw everyone as a human being, then these acts would stop completely.

  2. V
    Nov 12th, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    Hmm... so criminals have bought into state myths too!

  3. ted
    Nov 12th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    What, no videos of the guy's dog greeting him after the robbery?

    It could have been a momentary lapse into honour for the criminals, or it could have been a fear of ticking off the army.

    What exactly is a state myth about treating a soldier with respect? Dude is going to risk his life for his country - that's something to respect.

  4. pwscott
    Nov 12th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    So I should get a fake military ID so I won't be robbed?

  5. seefish3
    Nov 13th, 2009 at 5:08 am

    Fake story. Why would you need three other guys if you had a gun? And split the victim's pocket money four ways? More media propaganda.

  6. Lasse
    Nov 13th, 2009 at 5:51 am

    It's perfectly okay to rob those bleeding heart peaceniks, on the other hand.

  7. Ronald
    Nov 13th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    It's not okay to rob anyone. Unless you are bigoted.

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