TauZero comments on Saw a news story people about people getting arrested for at Wal-Mart for forgeting to scan one item

[–] TauZero@mander.xyz 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Shopkeeper's privilege does exist, many stores simply choose not to exercise it.

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[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago

As I mentioned, "from a store policies perspective". The shrinkage isn't worth the liability and risk for Walmart.

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[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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 1 point 3 years ago

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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