QUESTION
Can I sue for public humiliation if I was arrested in the middle of a store?
Asked on Aug 06th, 2013 on Litigation - Georgia
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I was arrested in the middle of a store (Public Humiliation). The store’s policy says Have to leave the premises to be accused of stealing. I was patted down. I had items on me, but I was having 2nd thoughts of just putting the items back. While leaving I was never read my rights. Cameras were everywhere.
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Michael J. Breczinski
If you were arrested in the store then how will they prove that you were not going to pay for them. Say nothing.
Answered on Aug 15th, 2013 at 1:19 AM
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Most probably not, and in Michigan it is not necessary for you to have left the store to support a charge of retail fraud.
Answered on Aug 15th, 2013 at 1:19 AM
Thomas Edward Gates
You cannot sue. You may have a defense that you did not leave the store, but you did have the items hidden. Second thoughts does not count.
Answered on Aug 15th, 2013 at 1:19 AM
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You were in the process of stealing something from the store. You got caught. You got detained and you feel humiliated! You have got to be kidding! It's called consequences. You are dealing with the consequences of something you chose to do. The cause of the "public humiliation" is you. It is a direct and foreseeable consequence to someone (You) deciding to steal.
Answered on Aug 15th, 2013 at 1:19 AM
Alexis Anne Plunkett
No you cannot sue! In Nevada, despite the fact that you did not carry out the larceny, you had already done enough to be arrested for burglary. If you don't want to be "humiliated" in public, then you should think twice about putting items in your pocket that don't belong to you.
Answered on Aug 15th, 2013 at 1:19 AM
James Edward Smith
No.
Answered on Aug 15th, 2013 at 1:19 AM