[T]he first thing I want to know is who the hell gave Macy's the authority to lock people in their store?Point taken, but actually, the first thing I'd want to know is who the hell does Macy's have who could stop me if I decided to use all means at my disposal to go through their frickin' glass door?
[Via cycjec]
Most states have a law allowing store owners to detain shoplifting suspects. These laws usually make it a crime to resist.
ReplyDeleteThe correct process for a false arrest by a store owner is to verbally deny permission to be detained, and to demand that the police be called. Then sue the store owner, as he does not have immunity to false arrest lawsuits.
My bad ... made an assumption, needed to read the link.
ReplyDeleteIf confronted with a mall shooter, I would be making a bee-line for the shooter, with the intent of tagging his ass.
A plate glass door wouldn't prevent this.
And I would sue the snot out of Macy's if this act caused me injury or impaired my ability to fight.
Time for a little review:
ReplyDeleteFrom the prolific author, Greg Perry (about eBay and
sundry computer topics:
My bride, a former public school teacher ...told me this:
Lockdown is nothing more than an attempt to keep collateral
damage to a fixed number. Its their (failed) hope that the
maximum number of students who will die will be the number
locked inside the room or hall with the shooter.
The freemendo blogger:
Freemendo
04 November 2007
Lockdown
Lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. No, no, no. When the terrorists began their assault at Beslan, around 40% of the students and staff ran like cuh-razy to get away from the school. A few hid in the boiler room.
Every single one of those children and adults lived.
I've heard similar remarks
about the WTC 9/11; those who
started to leave without waiting
for "further instructions" had
greater survival rates but I do
not have a cite.
"Shelter in place" may have
made some sense when it was the
recommendation for tornado
warnings. No time to do anything
else.
But not for these "incidents"
I'd be wary of instructions to
go down to the basement also,
as happened at State Farm in
Columbus back in July, mentioned
on this blog.
All the best cycjec