09-05-2007, 05:43 PM
An other vote for jerk. The policies are posted clearly in those places - if you don't like it, don't shop there. There are plenty of alternatives. Heck, you don't even need pants to shop at Amazon.
As far as stopping the car, at that point the store employees definitely had reasonable cause to try and stop him. Weather the possibility that he is stealing an MP3 player is worth the chance of getting run over is a call they have to make on the scene.
As far as the charges go, the officer probably didn't know the law. Weather he should be able to demand the license or not is a debate the whole country needs to look at closely as we redefine privacy and rights in light of today's realities. Probably the charges will be dropped, but if you are being an ass and behaving oddly, they are within their rights to take you downtown and check you out. It's also a possibility that he did something else not mentioned in his blog that could be construed as interfering with the officer.
As far as stopping the car, at that point the store employees definitely had reasonable cause to try and stop him. Weather the possibility that he is stealing an MP3 player is worth the chance of getting run over is a call they have to make on the scene.
As far as the charges go, the officer probably didn't know the law. Weather he should be able to demand the license or not is a debate the whole country needs to look at closely as we redefine privacy and rights in light of today's realities. Probably the charges will be dropped, but if you are being an ass and behaving oddly, they are within their rights to take you downtown and check you out. It's also a possibility that he did something else not mentioned in his blog that could be construed as interfering with the officer.