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

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But I think you're overstating the general case here. Security guards regularly detain people caught shoplifting, using force if necessary (one of them tackled a child in the story above). Are you saying they're unable to do this in jurisdictions where shoplifting is just a misdemeanor? Are you saying that if I blatantly walk out of a shop with a CD, the security guards have no power to detain me?

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there's special legislation for shopkeepers, seperate from citizen arrest, as others have said there are like 5 criteria that must be met for shopkeeper to detain, based on actually seeing a guy shoplift.