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To: usconservative
Silly person, the storekeepers in Virginia CAN DETAIN YOU FOR ONE HOUR on suspicion of shoplifting, and the standards the courts have set for "suspicion" are all to the benefit of the storekeepers.

The article we are discussing has false information regarding the state of the law in this state.

314 posted on 03/12/2011 3:54:59 PM PST by muawiyah (Make America Safe For Americans)
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To: muawiyah

I worked at Wal-Mart years ago and even then we had people who would buy something, come back, pick up something else, and then try to walk out without paying and using the old receipt.


324 posted on 03/12/2011 4:38:51 PM PST by pnz1
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To: muawiyah

The standard for suspicion is:

1. See the article taken.
2. See it concealed.
3. See them leave the store without paying.
4. Never lose sight of the perp.

Anything other than that = guaranteed win in a lawsuit. And totally illegal.


332 posted on 03/12/2011 6:13:19 PM PST by EvasiveManuever (Shakespeare got it wrong. Not the lawyers... journalists.)
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To: muawiyah

“Virginia CAN DETAIN YOU FOR ONE HOUR on suspicion of shoplifting”

I am sure you can cough up a legal reference for that.


466 posted on 03/14/2011 12:09:03 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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