Date Posted: Dec/14/2004 5:52 PM
Madscioly said:
Googler said:
DickOttre said:
Stick it to CC and those fuking prikks.
Press charges
against ANYONE WHO assaulted you, no questions asked. You need
to teach those basterds a lesson that under no circumstances
should anyone ever touch you, unless physical harm is
immediate to you or someone else (you care about). I used to
work for a security outfit (before I gained too much weight
and was asked to leave!). In training, (thanks Bill Brown),
the main point conveyed was just "OBSERVE and REPORT". If
someone is walking out of a store with unpaid merchandise,
just observe and report. Write down physical description and
what happened, and report it to the proper authorities (the
police).
In this case, the sorry asss Circuity City
manager should have done the same thing, observe and report.
If he thought something illegal was occurring, he could have
called the police. If a store policy was not followed, he
should have let you go and called CC corporate. Otherwise, he
should have just let it go. Is a $50 loss to CC worth someone
getting killed (who knows who could have been carrying a gun
that day and stupidly got carried away).
Ram those
basterds up the asss. Tell CC corporate you may hire an
attorney. Don't threaten to hire attorney if they don't
settle, or say you have an attorney if you don't, just be up
front with them. They are sitting on a huge land mine and
potential lawsuit.
Make them pay for such a stupid and
moronic decision. Maybe CC corporate (and these other stores)
will put more time into training so that future managers and
employees will realize they are not RAMBO, but actually STORE
CLERKS/Managers.
I agree all the blame is not on the
employee, but he should be held responsible as should CC
Corporate. In life, we are all held accountable for our
actions. One thing we must remember, is never ever touch
someone else without their permission.
In this case, the employee's actions were
completely unjustified, but I don't agree for a second that you
never have the right to touch someone. If someone was stealing
from my store, I sure as hell would touch and detain them, while
I had the police called. If someone came into my store with a
weapon and threatened me or one of my employee's, I'd blasta
hole in his head. If someone breaks into my house, armed or not,
I will make sure he leaves in a body bag. I am not willing to
allow others to trample over my inalienable rights to life,
liberty, and property.
In most states not letting a shop lifter
leave the store is illegal. I worked at best buy for 4 years, we
were not suppose to put one hand on the person. Let them leave,
follow them to their car and call the cops.
This is
different then a home, the business invites everyone into their
store. They have the right to ask someone to leave, but not by
force, unless danger will occure. They shoulc have called the
cops.
This man should:
A: Call all the media that he
can.
B: Sue them, do not settle take it public so everything is
public.
C: Have the man that assulted him arrested, most likely
will only be 5th degree but still he will pay some
how.
There was no reason for this man to even have been
blocked from leaving.
My 2 cents
As was shown in another thread, many stores
have policies against touching customers simply to avoid liability,
but if you have a reasonable belief that someone is committing a
crime, you can detain them in almost all states.
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