X-Post: Man arrested for not showing officer his License

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Can you forcibly arrest/detain someone for breaching a civil contract with no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity?

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Merely walking out of the store and ignoring commands to stop with a bag full of merchandise probably constitutes reasonable suspicion. Its a very low standard. But between the cop and the receipt checker, I'm only about 80% sure the guy is completely in the right.

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This seems like a huge oversimplification.

We are not talking about a *person* having reasonable suspicion, we are talking about the *business*, on whose behalf the receipt checker acts. The *business*, through its cashier, saw you unload your wagon, ring up everything in there, pay the price the *business* told you to pay. The *business* bagged your goods for you, and gave you a receipt. You then walk towards the door with the goods *they* bagged for you, with the receipt *they* handed to you, and they have reasonable suspicion to stop you if you don't stop to show your receipt to someone standing 10 steps from the cashier? I don't think so.

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well, to be fair, at best buy, the casheir says, "please show your receipt to the man at the door"

they do this to prevent you pocketing something and then slipping it into your bag. if you know you ahve to show the receipt there is probably a small deterrant to shoplifting going on there.

but once you LEAVE best buy and are OUT the door, i dont' think the store has the same rights to come anywhere near what the curcuit city guard did.

Barron