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Saw a news story people about people getting arrested for at Wal-Mart for forgeting to scan one item(midwest.social)

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bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml
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so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft

Shop keepers privilege can’t be used as a reason to detain customers for a receipt check. They don’t have “cause” as they did not see the person concealing anything.

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TauZero@mander.xyz
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That’s true! Receipt checks can get lost! I was replying to “They can’t detain you even if they think you have stolen” though. The “can’t” is a store policy thing, not a law thing.

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