I bet the Apple store has video that will tell the tale, either way. And I can see it going either way.
There's probably an app for that.
self entitled ‘immigrant’ who speaks NO useable English and is upset because she can’t get anyone to accommodate her demands. I am sooooo sick of this type of crap I could vomit. If you don’t want to learn English as used in the US then stay the hell wherever you are....you are no longer welcome
No cops taser an annoying woman who to is too selfish to learn English and does not understand the word no.
The officer approached her, told her she wasn't welcome in the store, and she refused to leave,"
That is the crux of the whole mess. I have experience with a customer's behavior of this sort. If the police are called and they hear you ask the customer to leave and the customer refuses for any reason, the customer is now trespassing and the police will remove the customer. Period.
Second thing;
There are 11 references to "the store" in the article. But only one reference to "the Apple store" and that one does not come until the seventh time that the location of the incident is mentioned.
Why would WCVB hesitate to use the words "Apple store" and then only once out of 11 times the location is even mentioned? Trying to limit bad press for the Apple Co.? Just askin'.
No iPhone for you!
she’s lucky, if the cops thought she ate dog for lunch they might have shot her with a real gun figuring the dog was making her act up.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
This is a principle that used to be respected, but today, everyone seems to have some sort of law degree that disagrees with that. Don't argue with cops, argue with the judge in court. The cop will hurt you and he can't judge the case on the spot. She should have just bought Samsung or went to another store with a straw buyer. Don't resist arrest.
PS. Just as an aside, my daughter is a Sheriff Deputy that is working the Keystone Pipeline security in Texas. She is having a blast arresting these idiots imported from all around the country that have been coached on how to harass the police. She loves it when she puts them in jail and then they find out she works the jail after guard duty at night. They start to regret all the cussing and spitting they did the day before. LOL!!
This kind of thread, invariably, brings out reflexive responses from the cop-haters. You know the type: the ones who talk sh#t from afar! I was always told that you’ve got bring @$$ to whup @$$. Anyone dumb enough to resist a cop deserves their lumps. It ain’t like she was asserting her Constitutional rights! She was being a dumbass!
Is it true that others were buying more than 2 phones?
Based on the limited info in the article, I side with the woman picking up her online order of 2 phones.
The percentage of bad Cops is analogous to the percentage of bad Muslims. It is a safe bet that the cops were wrong.
Thug Nation getting carried away or what? the store doesn’t want the business.. maybe apple ought to drop their store..
btw,, why would anyone expect some police to be any different than union thugs considering the state of the nation as is, they are in unions too so.. sorry the lady learned a hard lesson. android would be a smart move for her.
(ducks and dons tazer proof mesh)
I’m confused about the store. They don’t want to sell merchandise!?! Fine, I won’t buy any of the crap you’re selling.
You might be on to something with that observation...
Watch this:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=938_1355379584
Cop went for her bag ~ no cultural misunderstanding there. TSA agents get caught doing that all the time ~ whatever new merchandise you have in there is going to be gone.