Ex-Wife In Wisconsin Gives Away Ex-Husbands Belongings, Vandalizes SUV. Superior Police Sgt. William Lear told the newspaper there's no law against spray painting ex-husband's vehicle. Police refuse to charge woman.

YadaYadaYada2 · 2012-05-21T17:08:52+00:00

I know a guy that punched his own wall. His girlfriend didn't live there. He owned the house. It was his. He was charged with, and convicted of, Domestic Violence because he made her "scared"... Hell, prove fear in a court of law. I can say that anyone/anything made me scared, but they won't buy it because I've a penis and am obviously invincible.

In another case, a guy was trying to leave his house and go for a drive to cool off after an argument with his wife. She blocked his way and tried to prevent him from leaving. He moved her out of the way. Not roughly, but enough to unblock his path so he could escape. He was charged with domestic violence. When he pointed out that he was being unlawfully restrained by her (she admitted what happened in the report) and only did what he had to do to escape, they told him it didn't matter. He asked what would happen if the situation had been reversed and he tried to prevent her from leaving and she fought to escape. He was told he would have been charged with Attempted Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Domestic Violence. Essentially that no matter what, the woman is always the victim.

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but we all know if this incident was exactly the same, only in reverse, the man would have been charged. Equality under the law, indeed.....

genuinemra · 2012-05-21T13:19:21+00:00

What in the actual fuck? (Though the article makes it sound like the ex-wife owned the truck, hence no charges?)

RomusLupos · 2012-05-21T15:33:20+00:00

The article states that the divorce was finalized just previous to all of this happening. If she was awarded all of those items in the divorce decree, she has every right to burn/vandalize/destroy those items at her leisure. Is that a nice or honorable thing to do? Absolutely not, but it is her option.

If those things were NOT awarded to her in the divorce, then the husband has every right to file criminal charges against her for destruction of his property, and I would hope he would do so. This really comes down to whether or not she legally owned those items, and that is not something that the article states in a clear manner.

daveime · 2012-05-21T13:12:44+00:00

There's no such thing as Criminal Damage in the US ?

rabbidpanda · 2012-05-21T19:27:05+00:00

Where in the article does it claim they refused to charge the woman? It isn't the police departments job to pursue charges for vandalism to personal property unless the owner of the property seeks charges. That hasn't happened, at least not yet.

MartialWay · 2012-05-21T23:02:45+00:00

Superior Police Sgt. William Lear told the newspaper there's no law against spray painting a vehicle in one's own yard.

That's true...if it's your vehicle. If it's not yours, it's called graffiti and vandalism. Same for her slashing the tires. The divorce was recently finalized...I somehow doubt she decided to slash the tires on a car that was awarded to herself.

2012-05-22T03:08:47+00:00

Hell... I've never seen an SUV that I didn't want to vandalize.

Liverotto · 2012-05-23T08:32:57+00:00

Superior Police Sgt. William Lear told the newspaper there's no law against spray painting ex-husband's vehicle. Police refuse to charge woman.

Does that mean he can spray paint her car?

Liverotto · 2012-05-23T08:36:54+00:00

I will suck a cock before I marry a woman!

bathoryduck · 2012-05-21T17:05:22+00:00

Then the police are negligent. I refer to - http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/943.pdf

Godspiral · 2012-05-21T19:54:17+00:00

There's probably no law for performing dental work on your spouse either, but that doesn't mean a punch to the face should be interpreted as dental work.

This was quite obviously vandalism, and not a paint job.

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