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American University professor arrested on burglary, destruction of property charge
Washington Post ^ | 5 Sept 2014 | By Peter Hermann

Posted on 09/05/2014 2:22:14 PM PDT by 11th_VA

A 37-year-old professor and department chair at American University was arrested Thursday and charged with breaking into a building at a shopping mall near campus and setting a small fire, according to D.C. police.

David Pitts, chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy, was being detained pending his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court on Friday. He was charged with burglary and destruction of property.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americanuniversity; davidpitts; diversity; education
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"According to the university Internet site, Pitts researches issues of diversity in public policy. The site says he is on the editorial boards of several university journals and publications, and has a PhD from the University of Georgia."
1 posted on 09/05/2014 2:22:14 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Why?


2 posted on 09/05/2014 2:25:13 PM PDT by YHAOS
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To: 11th_VA

“and setting a small fire”

That’s called arson around these parts.


3 posted on 09/05/2014 2:25:20 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: 11th_VA

“David Pitts, chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy...”

Freelancing ... should have gotten a job with His Arrogance.


4 posted on 09/05/2014 2:26:08 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Consistency: Every (all) top level manager in the Administration is a pathological liar.)
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To: 11th_VA

Here’s a list of the stores in the mall, which looks to be in a really upscale area. Anybody want to speculate which store he burgled?

http://www.foxhallsquare.com/shoppes.html


5 posted on 09/05/2014 2:28:53 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: 11th_VA

In his picture, he looks insane. Also homosexual.


6 posted on 09/05/2014 2:29:07 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Bald white guy. Looks a little like Gollum.

https://www.google.com/search?q=david+pitts+washington+university&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=705&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=aysKVKv8E4XCggTNqYGABQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=WAPQunlJSEG4sM%253A%3BsmxejiaJZVeuPM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.american.edu%252Fuploads%252Fprofiles%252Flarge%252FSPA_Pitts.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.american.edu%252Fspa%252Ffaculty%252Fpitts.cfm%3B300%3B300


7 posted on 09/05/2014 2:30:07 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: 11th_VA

American University Prof. David Pitts. (Photo: American University)


8 posted on 09/05/2014 2:30:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Sherman Logan

My first thought is he targeted a store where his lover that ‘jilted’ him worked .... but that’s purely speculation on my part ...


9 posted on 09/05/2014 2:31:17 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Negotiating with Democrats is like negotiating with Hamas)
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To: 11th_VA

Wonder what building he was trying to set on fire? Republican headquarters?


10 posted on 09/05/2014 2:31:55 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: 11th_VA

The perp is a Gay Caballero and a specialist in gender and sexual studies. Sounds like a waste of a lot of years spent in these “studies”.


11 posted on 09/05/2014 2:32:13 PM PDT by House Atreides (ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
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To: Red Badger

Gayometer - ROFLMAO !!! (now that’s funny)


12 posted on 09/05/2014 2:32:14 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Negotiating with Democrats is like negotiating with Hamas)
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To: Sherman Logan
Beauty
Jean-Paul Mardoian Hair Salon

13 posted on 09/05/2014 2:32:59 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: 11th_VA

My first thought was that he was destroying offensive material, like prolife pamphlets or something. But that doesn’t seem likely, based on the types of stores.


14 posted on 09/05/2014 2:33:19 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Starbucks?

The Spanish academy?


15 posted on 09/05/2014 2:33:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: COBOL2Java

The “Republican headquarters” is the size of a phone booth in DC ...


16 posted on 09/05/2014 2:33:52 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Negotiating with Democrats is like negotiating with Hamas)
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To: 11th_VA

I have a suspicion that American University is nothing more than a front for a diploma mill.


17 posted on 09/05/2014 2:34:13 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Tax-chick
In his picture, he looks insane. Also homosexual.

In other words he looks just like most university professors.

18 posted on 09/05/2014 2:36:08 PM PDT by Bullish (You ever notice that liberalism really just amounts to anti-morality?)
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To: 11th_VA

David Pitts
Department Chair, Public Administration and Policy
Department of Public Administration and Policy

David Pitts is chair of the Department of Public Administration & Policy. His research examines diversity issues in public management and policy, with particular interests in race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation in K-12 and postsecondary education.

Prof. Pitts' paper with Greg Lewis on LGBT employment patterns received the 2009 Bob Bailey Award for the best paper in LGBT politics from the American Political Science Association, and his dissertation on racial/ethnic diversity in public schools received the 2006 Leonard White Award for the best dissertation in the field of public administration. He sits on the editorial boards of the American Review of Public Administration, International Public Management Journal, Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, Public Administration Review, Public Personnel Management, and Review of Public Personnel Administration.

Degrees
BA, Birmingham-Southern College
MPA, Indiana University
PhD, University of Georgia

Link

19 posted on 09/05/2014 2:37:11 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Sherman Logan

Ny guess is: Jean-Paul Mardoian Hair Salon.


20 posted on 09/05/2014 2:37:58 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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