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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,284 posts)
Thu May 2, 2024, 03:51 AM May 2024

Walmart mistakenly accuse man of shoplifting.Cops roll their eyes when he says he can show the receipt

video below

Summary. Man and his teen son purchase bags of playground sand from Walmart

Man pays at the cashier, then gets the sand and rolls it out of the store.

Walmart security is watching on the camera and start the video when the man is rolling the sand bags out of the store (looks like he didn't pay because they started video 2 minutes AFTER he paid)

Walmart calls cops and show them the video (starting 2 minutes after man paid).

Cops go to man's house cuff him and son. Man says he can show receipt and cops roll their eyes

man and son spend night in jail.

TV news contacts cops. Cops send detectives to investigate. Both cops and Walmart admit he should not have been arrested.


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Walmart mistakenly accuse man of shoplifting.Cops roll their eyes when he says he can show the receipt (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 OP
man and son spend night in jail. elleng May 2024 #1
Followed soon hopefully by man sues Walmart and police department. cstanleytech May 2024 #2
oh they will sue cops and Walmart BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #3
I would hope so. cstanleytech May 2024 #4
$25k from WallyWorld and $75K from the cops 3Hotdogs May 2024 #17
The sheer stupidity! Otterdaemmerung May 2024 #5
right? eShirl May 2024 #7
Why in the hell would cops not let him produce the receipt? hlthe2b May 2024 #6
Walmart seems to do that a LOT... Think. Again. May 2024 #8
Just one more reason for me to not use it. Prof. Toru Tanaka May 2024 #9
I guess they decided that self checkouts aren't worth the hassle and are beginning to phase them out. jimfields33 May 2024 #10
Walmart employees are not the brightest bunch bucolic_frolic May 2024 #11
Sounds elitist to me JPPaverage May 2024 #12
Then why do they make mistakes like in this OP? Facts bother you? bucolic_frolic May 2024 #15
There is a better than 60% chance the employee who determined their guilt.......... jaxexpat May 2024 #13
If I was going to steal something it wouldn't be sand. Botany May 2024 #14
Dont use credit at self serve IbogaProject May 2024 #16

Otterdaemmerung

(102 posts)
5. The sheer stupidity!
Thu May 2, 2024, 04:21 AM
May 2024

We all know that if you're going to try to shoplift something, you don't go with something easily concealable like luxury clothing or jewelry; or something in great demand on the black market like power tools; but something of very little worth, bulky, and heavy, like huge bags of playground sand!

hlthe2b

(106,483 posts)
6. Why in the hell would cops not let him produce the receipt?
Thu May 2, 2024, 04:24 AM
May 2024

I know. I know... The question is mainly rhetorical.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,313 posts)
9. Just one more reason for me to not use it.
Thu May 2, 2024, 05:02 AM
May 2024

I don’t get a discount for doing someone’s job.

In the long run, the store could cut staff and someone could end up losing their job.

And now it seems a person could actually get arrested for using it even if they had a receipt. I hope this man’s family wins a big settlement from Walmart and whoever is responsible for the police department.

JPPaverage

(577 posts)
12. Sounds elitist to me
Thu May 2, 2024, 06:07 AM
May 2024

Saying that "Wal Mart employees are not the brightest bunch" sounds like elitism to me. Maybe that's because I'm not the brightest guy. Or maybe its because most of us know someone that works at Wal Mart. Like my wifes good friend who needed a job. They are mostly good people who need jobs and just do what they are told by management.

bucolic_frolic

(47,142 posts)
15. Then why do they make mistakes like in this OP? Facts bother you?
Thu May 2, 2024, 06:27 AM
May 2024

I don't go to Walmart anymore, or very rarely. I will not use self-checkout because every trip the red light trips and then someone 18 years old has to come and check that I'm not trying to steal something. At that point, your life is in the hands of a high-school student. Not that they're bad people, just that they're not the brightest.

But go ahead, keep up making excuses.

 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
13. There is a better than 60% chance the employee who determined their guilt..........
Thu May 2, 2024, 06:20 AM
May 2024

as well as the cops who arrested them were MAGAts. Just saying, it's probably a pretty open and shut case of over-the-top stupidity all around. But if something lethal had happened to those guys in jail, would it have been like a conspiracy to commit involuntary homicide? (is that a thing?)

BTW, since we're, all of us every day, subject to petty authorities and brutally stupid enforcement at any time, it's a good idea to keep one's receipts handy. Seriously, in your pocket until you get home, and even then, keep them for a week or so. (You can't return stolen stuff or complain about broken merchandise without a receipt.) Just because you don't see your yellow arm band doesn't mean it's not there.

Botany

(72,536 posts)
14. If I was going to steal something it wouldn't be sand.
Thu May 2, 2024, 06:27 AM
May 2024

Walmart should have had videos of him in line to buy the sand and the
proof of his purchase of the material. I hope he sues the shit out of
Walmart and the sheriff’s department.

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