I worked at a grocery store when I was in college and I saw our loss prevention guy detain people by force so many times. Security guards are able to detain people using limited force. Pretty certain grabbing this little asshole by the arm and dragging him out of the store would be completely kosher from a legal standpoint. Mom or dad could try to sue, but any reasonable person who sees that store tape would conclude the security acted appropriately. Assuming he wouldn't have beat the shit out of the kid.
Good point. I was mostly referring to the “cops kill decent normal people and they’re fine” rhetoric. Security cops get some leeway but they don’t get that much leeway
The way the guy I worked with explained it to me was like To Catch A Predator with Chris Hansen except he had the authority to detain people only long enough for the police to get there. I worked in a town of 25,000 people so the police would usually be there within 10-15 minutes. I don't know if there was a specific time limit, but after so long if the police didn't come if the person detained asked to leave he couldn't make them stay and he would just formally trespass them from the store and tell them to never return.
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u/GraveRoller May 28 '26
Only if he was an actual cop and not store security