Man with Purse Profiled by Security Guard

Just because a man was carrying a purse in a Wauwatosa grocery store, a security guard considered him "suspicious."

Apparently, a man can't walk around with a purse, or murse, without being deemed a potential crook.

Is that wrong?

Would a woman with a large leather purse receive the same scrutiny?



From WauwatosaNOW:

Security guards are trained to spot suspicious activity. At Pick 'n Save on State Street a man walking through the store with a large leather purse got the staff's attention.

According to a Wauwatosa police report:

A 27-year-old Milwaukee man was seen putting a bottle of liquor in the purse at 5:41 p.m. Friday. At the checkout, he paid for a salad but not the alcohol.

A security guard tried to stop him but he became combative and tried to head-butt the guard in the face.

A search of his purse turned up a steak knife with a five-inch blade, a hammer and 2.6 grams of marijuana.

He was on probation for drug and weapons charges.

The man was arrested for retail theft, carrying a concealed weapon, marijuana possession and violating probation.

The security guard was right this time. Because he profiled, he caught a criminal.

The man with the murse was up to no good. He not only was shoplifting, like Wisconsin state senator Democrat Chris Larson, but he had a lot in his murse that he shouldn't have had, like weapons and pot.

The head-butt was not a good idea. It only made matters worse.

This crook gives men with purses a bad name.