[Cementjungle]

They must have a reasonable belief that you are stealing or trying to steal and item, and refusing to provide the checker with a receipt is NOT and does not constitute a reasonable belief in and of itself for them to be exempt from engaging in “false imprisonment”.

If someone refuses to show their receipt then that would DEFINATELY be reasonable belief in my mind. It is NOT an infringement of any right to have to show your receipt on the way out... especially when one knows that this is the proceedure of the store in the first place.

[HamiltonJay]

You are dillusional.

Lets take this matter to court shall we?

I paid a representative of the company for my purchase.. lets show the video tape. Yep, there I am.

I am leaving the store with my purchase.. Yep there I am

I am detained by an employee of the same company I just paid for the item that has now refused to let me leave the premises.

Now, this secondary employee has ZERO cause to believe I have stolen this item, they have not witnessed me engage in theft nor have the been informed by another that they witnessed me attempt without paying for it. The only justification they have is that I didn’t respond the way they wanted me to when they asked me to show my receipt.

Sorry, that in and of itself is not probable or just cause to detain me, and they have now engaged in illegal imprisonment, and Wal Mart just had to pay out a check to me for it.