Report: College Student Illegally Rips Up Recall-Walker Petition, Tweets About It

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The local ABC affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin, reports:

A Madison police official said his department is now investigating the alleged destruction of a recall petition at Edgewood College, days after college officials declined to contact authorities about the potential felony crime.

A student’s alleged destruction of a petition of a small number of signatures to recall Governor Scott Walker also involved a tweet from the student’s account to the governor, claiming responsibility for ripping up the petition.

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