Held by Walmart security though I did nothing wrong.

This is horrible! Your poor daughter must be traumatized. What gets me
is even if they truly thought you were shoplifters, why would an adult
treat a child so badly?

Another things that sticks out to me is the fact that all you are
asking for is an apology. You aren't asking for anything else, so that
just makes me think of how this really has affected you. I can think
about how it would have affected me. I went off once because I was
accused of shoplifting, but my experience was nothing like yours. What
happened to you is terrible.

I'm honestly not sure of all the legalities, but you were certainly
treated wrongly in this case. Pursue it and I hope everything is made
right. Good luck to you!

GET A LAWYER!!!! Being someone who has worked in security, this is
illegal. They must actively see you put something in your purse,
jacket, whatever and be 110% certain that the merchandise is there and
can NEVER detain you for the fact that they are not police. Not only
would I go after Walmart, file a complaint and seek legal advice about
the arresting officer because they have to prove you committed a crime
before arresting anyone. Since you committed no crime, they violated
your rights and violated them even further by banning you from the
store.

You need to Lawyer up. You have them by the short and curlys. This
lawsuit is worth atleast 200K. Besides that the Schmuk that detained
you will loose his job.
Contact the ACLU. They will see to it he is busted to a people
greeter.

First, I applaud you for not wanting a freebie but a genuine apology.
That being said, the WalMart LP may have violated your rights and
state laws for false arrest. They had no probable cause as they did
not have you concealing and attempting to remove any merchandise. You
are due more than a simple apology.

In short, the screwed up. I personally would swear out a warrant on
the LP employees for false arrest and have their butts put in jail and
face a judge, have to post bail, go to a trial, hire a lawyer, etc.
What a bunch of jerks.

FYI you are under no reason to comply with unlawful arrest. In my
state (Georgia), Georgia law allows one to resist an unlawful arrest,
and utilize reasonable force to repel that unlawful arrest, up to an
including deadly force. And Mr. LP would have faced it had it been me.


Glad you are okay, but yeah, I'd find a lawyer and sue them. Would not
be the first time WalMart LP overstepped the law, and sure it won't be
the last. Good luck to you.

This is APPALLING and doesn't surprise me at all considering it comes
from WalMart - one of the evilest companies in the world (after
Exxon).

I would definitely advise contacting your local news station. They'd
likely definitely make a story of it and put it on the nightly news.

Contact an attorney too. You are owed MUCH more than an apology imo.
You are owed some compensation too.

I would call your local news channel!!! And while you are at it, call
a lawyer, imho you have a lawsuit.

You just hit the lotto. Get a lawyer.

First, they cannot approach you unless someone witnessed you putting
something under your coat or in your purse.

Also, in order to have you stay away from the store, the store would
have to file a police report and sign a complaint or agreement thing
saying you won't come back.

Sue them for every penny you can get!!! What nerve! I would go back
into that Walmart every day and I would make sure the guy who said it
would be best for you to not shop there anymore and had you escorted
out saw you, just to piss him off.

That is terrible! I would so as the others said and at least talk to a
lawyer and see if you have any recourse.

As for shopping there again, maybe another Wal-Mart is to far to
travel for her to go. I know we only have one here in town and the
next one is over 2 hours away. Just a thought.

See a lawyer ASAP! Something like that happen where I used to work and
the company was sued. They settled out of court and the security guy
lost his job.

First of all know your rights!! No one has a right to detain you
including police officers. Legally speaking an officer would have to
put you under arrest for that to happen other than that you are free
to leave anywhere any time. Most people think that companies have the
right to detain them, they don't. All they can do is ASK you to come
with them. They can also ask you to leave the store, but again to
enforce this they need law enforcement to do so.

Don't get me wrong, I think what they did was mean & cruel but you
must know your rights to be able to stand up for yourself & your
children. I don't think you have a legal case (could be wrong) because
you agreed to stay & not leave. You agreed by staying. I know it
doesn't seem right, but that is why I encourage you & all to learn
your rights, teach your children so it never happens again. As in
public opinion & embarrassing Wal-Mart call your states represenative,
your local TV station & write letters & emails over the net. Then
contact the CEO's office of Wal-Mart to see what they say about this.
I don't know if it will help, but companies HATE getting bad press &
will usually do something to get it to go away. Wal-Mart is a huge
company but even they are not indestructable!

Why in the world would you ever want to set foot in that place again?!

I'm not sure what a lawyer can do for you. What did they do wrong?
Perhaps unlawful detainment? But maybe their detainment of you was
lawful.

Of course, they behaved horribly and I can't believe they didn't fall
all over themselves apologizing. Your poor kid! I feel bad for both
of you, but especially her.

But given where you live, surely there are other stores that deserve
your dollars more than this piece-of-crap walmart.

I'm not sure what they'd file on Wal-Mart (I'd go for criminal false
imprisonment charges to start with, if possible) but that store would
be the last place on earth I'd spend another dime. Any Wal-Mart. If
they end up on the wrong end of a fat lawsuit judgement maybe they'll
think twice about grabbing someone next time.

why would you want to shop there again?they embarressed you..scared
your child.Id get a lawyer but Id also never step foot in there again.

I don't understand. If the manager said "those are not them" whay did
he say "it would be best if you do not shop here anyone" ?

He also asked the police to escort you out?

Why ?

first of all get a lawyer. i think you have a case on this. what they
did is very wrong. in my opinion you deserve more than an apology