Rights Violation or a Complete Jerk?

[Archon_Wing]

It's not a body search yet. What happens when the inspections are not getting the desired results? Do they then start pat downs of everyone leaving the store? When things then continue to disappear, do they then require a cavity search to get out the door? Ridiculous, yes, but only in degree. As it is, they are detaining every customer, even just for a minute, with a false accusation of theft.

Yea, sure and they'll start shooting people too!;)There is a line to be crossed, but I don't really see it being crossed [in regards to the original request]. There has to be some degree of compormise for interaction to occur. The store can't just shoot you because it thinks you are stealing, and you might have to prove that you actually bought things. There has to be a balance or otherwise the buisness can't really run. Remember, that you can always not do buisness with them and convince everyone around you to do so too.

Also, unreasonable requests like pat downs are considered by me to be a unecessary violation of privacy and I have responded not so politely to something like that before. I have and will assert my rights when apporiate. However, I don't see it being signfigant here.

But... despite this, the cop's actions are another story.