Dear Editor
Recently there was in the news a case of someone wrongly accused of shoplifting. It was then stated, as a quote, that a certain group is the one targeted to be accused of shoplifting.
I challenge that.
Some years ago a friend of mine was set up by a store clerk, possibly trying for “points,” who accused her of shoplifting. The policeman who was called knew it was a set up. My friend is painfully honest and the affair upset her.
Two men I know were wrongly accused of shoplifting. One was “apprehended” a few feet from the store, using the legal purchase to make a repair in his truck with the receipt in his pocket. The second man was just walking out of the store when he was stopped by a clerk and accused. As he said, he’d never stolen as much as a piece of string in his life. And I believe him.
So, let's hear no more about any one group being falsely accused more than other groups, when it comes to shoplifting. Honesty and dishonesty live side by side in any group.
Christine Pike
Waseca
