[nefarious101]

TAMPA - An associate dean at the University of South Florida has admitted to taking a student's bicycle this week in a theft that was captured on a surveillance tape and later posted on YouTube.

Abdul Rao, who oversees research grants for the College of Medicine, is on leave with pay until the campus investigation is complete, said USF spokesman Michael Hoad.

In a statement, Rao apologized and said he was trying to help a day laborer who needed transportation.

"I deeply regret this failure in judgment and the unfortunate attention it has generated," he wrote to USF officials. "... I gave a man who does odd jobs for me permission to use a bicycle that was parked at the center. I acted out of compassion for this nearly homeless man; but I failed to consider that the bicycle belonged to someone on our Alzheimer's team."

Rao, who makes $384,000 a year, took the bike on Monday night from a bike parking area on the loading dock of the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute.

http://www2.tbo.com/...eft/news-metro/

[The VOR]

TAMPA - An associate dean at the University of South Florida has admitted to taking a student's bicycle this week in a theft that was captured on a surveillance tape and later posted on YouTube.

Abdul Rao, who oversees research grants for the College of Medicine, is on leave with pay until the campus investigation is complete, said USF spokesman Michael Hoad.

In a statement, Rao apologized and said he was trying to help a day laborer who needed transportation.

"I deeply regret this failure in judgment and the unfortunate attention it has generated," he wrote to USF officials. "... I gave a man who does odd jobs for me permission to use a bicycle that was parked at the center. I acted out of compassion for this nearly homeless man; but I failed to consider that the bicycle belonged to someone on our Alzheimer's team."

Rao, who makes $384,000 a year, took the bike on Monday night from a bike parking area on the loading dock of the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute.

http://www2.tbo.com/...eft/news-metro/

I am currently a student at USF. My new bike was stolen during the first class I went to in my first semester at the school. Now it all makes sense.

[seeing_red]

This story makes me so angry. That thief makes $384K per year.

Here is the video of him stealing the bike on YouTube:

[EvanWilliams]

Classic Liberal at work.

He is in the top 1% of wage earners. Instead of giving the guy some money or buying the guy a bike or paying for a taxi. He steals SOMEONE ELSE's bike and gives it to the poor schmuck
This lowlife makes that much money writing grant proposals to take your tax money. What a POS!!

This guy is a 100% democrat for damn sure.

This post has been edited by EvanWilliams: 14 February 2009 - 01:06 PM

[Boadicea]

Obviously a Republican.

He's in the top 1% of wage earners, and is so far removed from reality he thinks everything belongs to him because God loves him and wants to reward him for all his Christian love.

[EvanWilliams]

Obviously a Republican.

He's in the top 1% of wage earners, and is so far removed from reality he thinks everything belongs to him because God loves him and wants to reward him for all his Christian love.

Yes, university professors are notorious GOPers. Especially those named ABDUL !!!

[Gap-Toothed Head Basher]

Classic Liberal at work.

He is in the top 1% of wage earners. Instead of giving the guy some money or buying the guy a bike or paying for a taxi. He steals SOMEONE ELSE's bike and gives it to the poor schmuck
This lowlife makes that much money writing grant proposals to take your tax money. What a POS!!

This guy is a 100% democrat for damn sure.

And he's the epitome of why college indoctrination is so danged expensive.

The idiot is paid $384,000 per year to milk money from the government, and to steal people's bikes.



100% guarantee he's a liberal Democrat and voted for Obama.

[Skeptic]

Classic Liberal at work.

He is in the top 1% of wage earners. Instead of giving the guy some money or buying the guy a bike or paying for a taxi. He steals SOMEONE ELSE's bike and gives it to the poor schmuck
This lowlife makes that much money writing grant proposals to take your tax money. What a POS!!

This guy is a 100% democrat for damn sure.

Wealthy, Tampa Bay - about a 90% chance he's a Republican.

POS, either way, though.

[EvanWilliams]

Wealthy, Tampa Bay - about a 90% chance he's a Republican.

POS, either way, though.

Not likely a GOPer. ABDUL RAO. Works for University. Thinks it is OK to steal and give to "the less fortunate". I do agree that R or D he is a POS.

[Skeptic]

Not likely a GOPer. ABDUL RAO. Works for University. Thinks it is OK to steal and give to "the less fortunate". I do agree that R or D he is a POS.

I know a few Abdul's. You'd be surprised! We'll have to agree to disagree on the first point.

[Sokpupet]

"I gave a man who does odd jobs for me permission to use a bicycle that was parked at the center. I acted out of compassion for this nearly homeless man; but I failed to consider that the bicycle belonged to someone on our Alzheimer's team."


How does this equate to "stealing the bike". Either way he was wrong to loan something he didn't own so don't jump on me
Have we been told the entire story? I'm just sayin'

[EvanWilliams]

"I gave a man who does odd jobs for me permission to use a bicycle that was parked at the center. I acted out of compassion for this nearly homeless man; but I failed to consider that the bicycle belonged to someone on our Alzheimer's team."


How does this equate to "stealing the bike". Either way he was wrong to loan something he didn't own so don't jump on me
Have we been told the entire story? I'm just sayin'

It is the same as stealing.

[seeing_red]

"I gave a man who does odd jobs for me permission to use a bicycle that was parked at the center. I acted out of compassion for this nearly homeless man; but I failed to consider that the bicycle belonged to someone on our Alzheimer's team."


How does this equate to "stealing the bike". Either way he was wrong to loan something he didn't own so don't jump on me
Have we been told the entire story? I'm just sayin'

Take a look at the comments under this YouTube video since the victim of the theft is posting comments:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=GMeYa8tZWaE

If I rob a bank and give the money to a charity of my choice, is that theft? Of course it is.

It is theft, and the dean assisted in the theft. What if instead of a bicycle it was a car?

[seeing_red]

Here's a video of the victim of the theft telling her side:

http://www.abcaction...l...&navCatId=3

It doesn't matter if the theft victim was returned her bike. It's still theft if you "temporarily" deprive someone of their property. If you need to rent a U-Haul truck, you can't just take one off the lot and return it after your move.

[Gap-Toothed Head Basher]

Wealthy, Tampa Bay - about a 90% chance he's a Republican.

Dark skin and works for a University.

100% guarantee he's a Democrat. No question.

[seeing_red]

Dark skin and works for a University.

100% guarantee he's a Democrat. No question.

The dean's accomplice is poor and black. What are the odds that he's a poor black Republican?

[Phelix_Dacat]

Taking something that doesn't belong to you is stealing. Whether the property was returned and ultimately he escapes legal punishment for his actions are between him and the authorities.

That more than one authority can reach out and punish him for his actions has not been well developed based on the information I've read. That the state of Florida is taking a pass does not mean the university will or the professional medical organizations will either. I note he's a doctor in a position of authority and his actions could effect federal grants and private research funding. This is probably not over, though we might not hear about any further repercussions which befall him.

[Gap-Toothed Head Basher]

The dean's accomplice is poor and black. What are the odds that he's a poor black Republican?

Yeah, his accomplice voted for McCain - and did so for racial reasons only.

[MistyBlue]

TAMPA - An associate dean at the University of South Florida has admitted to taking a student's bicycle this week in a theft that was captured on a surveillance tape and later posted on YouTube.

Abdul Rao, who oversees research grants for the College of Medicine, is on leave with pay until the campus investigation is complete, said USF spokesman Michael Hoad.

In a statement, Rao apologized and said he was trying to help a day laborer who needed transportation.

"I deeply regret this failure in judgment and the unfortunate attention it has generated," he wrote to USF officials. "... I gave a man who does odd jobs for me permission to use a bicycle that was parked at the center. I acted out of compassion for this nearly homeless man; but I failed to consider that the bicycle belonged to someone on our Alzheimer's team."

Rao, who makes $384,000 a year, took the bike on Monday night from a bike parking area on the loading dock of the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute.

http://www2.tbo.com/...eft/news-metro/

He makes $384,000 and he couldn't afford to buy the guy a bike?

[Gap-Toothed Head Basher]

He makes $384,000 and he couldn't afford to buy the guy a bike?

He's a Democrat. He doesn't have to buy stuff. He just steals it.

[EvanWilliams]

Arab-Americans consistently voted Republican because of conservative religious values. It turns out, Muslim values and Christian values are only a jihab away! This only changed because of the War in Iraq.

He is not Arab. He is likely muslim.

http://health.usf.ed...dership/Rao.htm

[MistyBlue]

Classic Liberal at work.
This guy is a 100% democrat for damn sure.

100% guarantee he's a liberal Democrat and voted for Obama.

POS, either way, though.

Exactly, Skeptic.
WTF difference does his political ideology make?
These pinheads are like five year olds who always point the finger at someone else,
when they are caught doing something wrong.
He's a slime, who could afford to buy ten bikes, and he stole one from a college student.
If's he's a flaming Liberal, then he's a POS flaming Liberal.

[seeing_red]

He makes $384,000 and he couldn't afford to buy the guy a bike?

I've seen worse. There's this one guy (I won't say his name) who's a multi-millionaire and president of one of the wealthiest nations in the world who won't lend a hand to his little brother who lives in a shantytown making $1 per day.

[EvanWilliams]

I've seen worse. There's this one guy (I won't say his name) who's a multi-millionaire and president of one of the wealthiest nations in the world who won't lend a hand to his little brother who lives in a shantytown making $1 per day.