Bodycam Shows Florida Police Tasing Woman Accused of Stealing From Publix

Law&Crime Network ^ | July 7, 2022 | Law&Crime Network

[taxcontrol]

Bingo

[eyeamok]

What was the cop supposed to do, walk away?

NO, his duty was to then solicit an official criminal complaint from the store employee in writing or on recording, for the record. Then you produce the receipt and demand the store employee be arrested for making a False police report.

[SauronOfMordor]

She was going WAY out of her way to be belligerent. The cop kept his cool long past the point where I would have lost it.

I think it very plausible that she was trying to create a circumstance where she could sue the store.

[Doctor Congo]

I would have made someone in the store make the accusation in front of the cop too. Then I would have shown the receipt to the cop.

[Fido969]

No one has to prove their innocence in this country. It was on Publix to show proof of a crime, like video evidence for example, barring that it's their word against the customers.

Bingo.

[21twelve]

Is their some legal reason to not just show the receipt to the cop? I learned back in High School that it isn't smart to be disrespectful of cops. Even if they might not deserve respect. And in a sense, way back then it was probably “discrimination” against a goofy looking kid with long hair (which is how I took it).

[mewzilla]

That’s strange, why DIDN’T she show the receipt to the officer and prove to the store they were wrong?

Because she was counting on Barney Fife to go medieval on her heinie so she could sue taxpayers and screw them out of a nice fat payday...?

[sport]

It could have been because she was innocent. I understand that is a foreign concept to you. As you go about your business today, be careful that you are not knocked out by your halo hitting you on the head.

[ConservativeInPA]

Her approach achieved exactly what she wanted. That’s sick.

[metmom]

There’d be fewer thefts if more people were treated like that.

[libertylover]

Blacks have been told repeatedly by white liberals they do not need to follow rules or listen to cops - and this is why they get shot.

I know. I'm a little bit surprised she didn't just put the car in gear and drive off and temp getting shot in order to be the hero.

[mfish13]

Meanwhile, she leaves. Good plan.

[throwthebumsout]

[libertylover]

Her approach achieved exactly what she wanted.

Well, not quite. Her "I won the lottery" lawsuit was dismissed (with prejudice).

[lepton]

The officer had and has a DUTY to Articulate a Reasonable Suspicion a crime was committed

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That basis was clearly there.

[gunnut]

She is under no obligation to “show her papers”. If Publix was willing to swear out a complaint, it is on them. If the cop overreacted then it is on them.

Everything she had was her property and she is entitled “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.”

This sounds like someone screwed up and needs to be held accountable.

[eyeamok]

The officer acted on gossip by a store employee, Not an official sworn criminal complaint by the store employee. Gossip can never be a reasonable suspicion.

[gunnut]

Sorry but not a rule. It was her stuff and her receipt. Publix or the cop should have been held accountable.

[gunnut]

But they took Publix word for it and they were wrong/lied.

[gunnut]

Apparently Publix did not see her steal anything. They asked her to show a receipt as she left the store and she refused. Can’t accuse someone of shoplifting if you did not witness a crime.