Reply #73: It was perfectly reasonable to detain her at that point. [View All]

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I don't think subsequent charges and jailtime are right, though. Since you brought up the Circuit City mess, I think the key difference between the two is that CC guy didn't show probable cause for detention. There are also specific laws that apply to airports that don't apply to public places in general. The law was on CC guys side, whereas it wasn't for the girl at the airport. I think that accounts more for the difference than any perceived risk. I also don't think people who were defending the CC guy were holding him up as a hero, but rather arguing that stores do not have the right to detain people without probable cause. That was the main point of most of the arguments I was seeing, and it was my point as well. I didn't think CC guy was a hero, I just thought CC was wrong. I don't understand how that translates to also supporting getting rid of safety measures at airports. I'm for safety measures at airports, and I'm also for not giving stores legal authority to detain for no reason. I don't see those positions clashing in any way.