[Cboldt]

I figure Best Buy didn't detain him. He could walk out on them. But the cops physically restrained him, and he could NOT leave that.

It looks like false imprisonment on the surface, but as long as there is probable cause, law enforcement can detain us subjects.

[DuncanWaring]

Since when is trying to pay for a purchase with legal tender "probable cause"?

[olde north church]

I'm presuming using an accepted form of United States legal tender is probable cause to be arrested.

[Enterprise]

The issue of probable cause would be interesting. Perhaps a Maryland jury would agree that it was suspicious that someone would try to pay for something with two-dollar bills and he would get nothing.