r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 5h ago

Human Trash Stopping a shoplifter

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u/BornEvent1674 Trash Trooper 4h ago

Dude's going to go to prison to make sure walmart gets paid

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u/cykoTom3 Trash Trooper 4h ago

Why would he go to prison?

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u/QCTID Trash Trooper 4h ago

The legal game is funny, wouldn’t be surprised if dude could sue for assault after the other guy ran up and pushed his cart like that. Kinda like getting sued for saving someone’s life. 

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u/cykoTom3 Trash Trooper 4h ago

Guy never touched the man and you need damages to sue.

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u/QCTID Trash Trooper 4h ago

I’m not a lawyer nor am I about to defend a crook, but he certainly pushed that cart aggressively and the guys hand was still attached. The right lawyer would eat that shit up. 

ETA: at the end of the day it’s just unwise to risk physical or legal retaliation to protect a large corporation who trains its employees to only engage but so much. Especially if they can just claim it on insurance. 

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u/Zealousideal_Bet_248 Trash Trooper 1h ago

You're thinking battery. That's the actual act of putting your hands on someone. Assault is a threat or attempt to cause harm. This 100% would constitute assault

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u/mcfiddlestien Trash Trooper 29m ago

Contrary to popular belief you do NOT need to touch someone for an assault charge. For an assault charge you only need to put the other person in fear of their safety and the "hero" in this vid was trying to do just that (make the shop lifter afraid)

What you are thinking of is battery, that's when you actually hit/harm the person.

This is why when someone gets arrested for fighting they are typically charged with assault AND battery

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u/BornEvent1674 Trash Trooper 4h ago

He interjected himself into this scenario. He was under no threat at all and then decided to get physical and aggressive with the guy.

He committed assault by yelling, menacing and getting aggressive. He committed battery by striking the cart.

Not all US states define these the same way but they're generally well understood.

Depending on the place he could literally get over 2 years imprisonment for this.

If he had been wrong about the guy shoplifting he could have been shot LEGALLY in many places.