Barcode spoofer caught stealing iPod shuffle

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Jordan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:56AM

Yup, you can keep walking, learned that in my Criminal Justice classes. Store employees cannot touch you unless they have permission from a local police department, or to stop you from doing harm to others (as any citizen can).

If they KNOW that you stole something, and they touch you, they are banking on the fact that you will plea and not sue them. They still are not legally allowed to touch you in our state.

We reviewed an example case in which a retail store thought a girl stole something. They grabbed her and held her on the ground. She hadn't stolen anything, they were mistaken. She was awarded slightly over $1 million in damages. The point of the case review though is that they couldn't have touched her in our state even if she HAD stolen something. Some states they can. I think in Texas they can shoot you. Seriously. Guns can be used in Texas to protect property over a certain amount (I think $1,000?).

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