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re: Constitutional lawyers : Is Walmart demand to show receipt legal?

Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:43 pm to
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
38589 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:43 pm to
It is constitutional.....next question
Posted by Elleshoe
Wade’s World
Member since Jun 2004
143788 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:43 pm to
Say sentinel one more time
Posted by LeroyBrown
South Side Of Chicago
Member since Jul 2017
588 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:43 pm to
Just for fun, go there again and make some purchases. When they ask to see your receipt< tell them you lost it. Wonder what they will do - take your stuff away?
This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 12:55 pm
Posted by Athis
I AM Charlie Kirk....
Member since Aug 2016
16931 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:44 pm to
I have a friend who bitches about this..The guy is intelligent and has common sense.. I tell him "Just show the fooken receipt..What do you have to hide..There a lot of other things more important to bitch about".
I feel if you bitch about this you will bitch about anything..
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
13261 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:44 pm to
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It is constitutional.....next question


Prove it.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76790 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:44 pm to
actually they seem to be less interested in getting close enough to check these days
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:46 pm to
Walmart can demand whatever they want. They're a private entity and you're on their private property.

The police need reasonable suspicion, which you give them by refusing to show your receipt in store.

Don't like it? Stay off Walmart property.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:46 pm to
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I told the officer that demanding to see my receipt was a violation of my constitutional rights and walked off.




This is the dumbest thing I've read on here this week. And that's saying something.
Posted by X123F45
Dictated not Read
Member since Apr 2015
30049 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:46 pm to
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just show the damn receipt


I politely say no thank you and walk off. If the store doesn't have a membership agreement, I'm not wasting 30 seconds watching a minimum wage employee pretend to count to 10.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
64077 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:46 pm to
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What say you civil libertarians?



You're an a-hole and have no right to be in their store.
This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 12:48 pm
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10476 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:47 pm to
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What about the policeman?


If he's hanging out by the door, he's probably working off duty security as a Walmart employee, and still a private employee.

Even if he's a police officer on duty, he's responding to a complaint from a story employee in OP's scenario. Given the 4th Amendment's threshold of reasonable actions relative to a Terry stop, it doesn't seem unreasonable even for the government.

That said, I highly doubt the cop was more than off duty security for Walmart. If OP went to a Walmart that has a constant police presence at the front door, he needs to reevaluate which stores he goes to.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
104485 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:47 pm to
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What say you civil libertarians?


I say that none of this actually happened.
Posted by ddbnsb
Raised in New Orleans
Member since Dec 2005
3521 posts
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Posted by AlceeFortier
Member since Dec 2016
1795 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:48 pm to
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
49636 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:48 pm to
I was so hoping this was a troll. My gosh, show the receipt. If you don't like it, don't shop there. Geez....
Posted by burdman
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
22814 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:48 pm to
Great job, patriot.

In this story, I see George Washington (you) fighting the tyranny that is an oppressive government (Walmart). Things are really no different now than they were for those original colonist prior to the American Revolution.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
25168 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:49 pm to
Simply choose to not shop at Walmart instead.

Yes on a purely constitutional basis you’re likely correct, but on a human level you were just an arse to someone trying to scrape out a living.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216685 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:49 pm to
That’s not how it works.....

Arrogant much???????

Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
64077 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:49 pm to
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No. They don’t have to see your receipt.


Yes, they do.
Posted by X123F45
Dictated not Read
Member since Apr 2015
30049 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:50 pm to
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That’s not how it works.....


Yes. It is.

quote:

Arrogant much?


I'm sorry I made better life choices.
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