Charges dropped against guy arrested at Circuit City

posted by Jeff | Friday, September 28, 2007, 11:01 AM | comments: 2

Not surprisingly, the guy who got arrested at a Circuit City for not showing his receipt and not showing the cop his drivers license (because he legally didn't have to), had his case dropped.

Two things bother me about this case, where he was really only guilty of being an asshole. The first is that they still tried to get him to waive his right to sue. That's complete bullshit. This guy was harassed by a cop who didn't know the law. The second thing that bothers me is that the guy had to spend a shit load of money to defend himself, all for bullshit charges.

It's like the DC immigrant family who got sued out of business for millions for lost pants, and they won the case! That's fucked up that you can essentially be ruined or seriously financially burdened for no good reason. That troubles me.


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wings51

September 29, 2007, 11:23 AM #

Good for him, if it was me I would be in jail. I don't have the cash to make a statement like that guy.

--cm

Brandon

September 30, 2007, 6:04 AM #

Thanks for posting this Jeff. I'll keep this in mind the next time I refuse a bag check at BestBuy and I call the cops ;).


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