The reason for the trespass is: This is something they do to distance themselves from shame and responsibility as they may make the same mistake with the same person repeatedly. They distance themselves from being sued -for sure!
@@torque7025 in that case I would've been more adamant about suing, and I wouldn't have settled out of Court, just to show how abusive Walmart has been during their whole existance!
@@torque7025 they should have made it better by just giving her an apology and a gift certificate! Instead they think they can bully whoever they choose! Sounds like a former President of ours!
Aint no ban lol. By the time she goes back, its going to be a whole new crew. Happened to me at Sears. I was banned but went back the next week like nothing happened
I am also Being falsely accused of shoplifting by Walmart. I'm still waiting to go to court. They said they have video evidence but when i filed for discovery they conveniently didn't include the video footage! I will fight this to the end. Boycott Walmart!
Skunky Stinkerson Everything You’re saying I know is true . I know somebody who works for a Walmart in FL . She told me that multiple employees came down with the virus and not only did they brush it under the rug but they wouldn’t let them know who had it . How dangerous is that ?
I do better than that, I go in their stores and discriminately and fill up a cart with all kinds of stuff from all places in the store, even perishables. Then when I get into the line at the cashier, oh darn got. Forgot my wallet I'll be right back. That f**** them all up and then they have to put everything back.
I use a shopping bag, I understand her, it's so humiliating. She's being picked on for no reason, how can you defend yourself against nothing but an accusation and no proof. To be banned from a store for no reason? Awful. I hate Wal-Mart.
It will somehow, be LOST by the store in question. This happens far more often than is reported. On my last trip to wally world, I was followed from stem to stern in that store by their LP, who I worked with and TRAINED for 5 years. I told her I hope she had on her walking shoes, as I took her around that store at least 5 times, filling up 2 carts of merchandise. I left those carts at the registers for the store management to put away. When I retired from that same store, the manager left STRICT instructions for me to be followed whenever I shopped there. I went over HIS head and had him transferred, since wally DOESN'T FIRE BAD MANAGERS, PERIOD. They are transferred to become someone else's headache. I wish the lady luck, but I'm betting that ZERO will happen to anyone at the store level.....
the judge probably decided it was inadmissible for some reason i’m sure her defense attorney tried to get a subpoena update: at the end the anchor says he requested a copy not subpoenaed a copy
Indeed. The judge has the legal ability/right to say, "You have 3 business days to provide the subpoena required video, if you do not, I will find in favor of the plaintiff for every penny she and her attorney are asking for."
Walmart tried to accuse me of shoplifting too. I went in with my 8 year old son and bought a cart full of items including a truck for him. On the way out a man asked me for my receipt which I handed to him. He looked it over and told me that the truck was not on the list and asked me to out it back. I had just paid 39.99 for that truck and I WAS NOT going to out it back. I told him absolutely not. He continued to ask me to put it back and I refused then told him to get a manager. The manager came over and showed him it was on the receipt. I'm a nurse and I know not to treat others poorly, but I wanted to yell at him and tell him exactly what I thought of him.
@@CassandrashadowcassMorrison no its capitalism. It funnels the powers into the few who can crush the rest. How can mom and pop shops compete against a company that can buy huge quantities of items and undercut the mom and pop shops so much and still make a profit at that price point! The system is rigged and skewed.
Walmart does not care who they accuse. I worked for one. I seen for myself what happens at Walmart. It is shocking. I thank heavens I don’t work at Walmart anymore. They treat employees like crap. They are horrible people.
Tina Bergman I was wrongfully accused of shoplifting 3 months ago, I bought candy and walked from the register to the toy isle to get my sister and I was told “I tried to hide items”
If you even look at them wrong they accuse people. It is so sad. Walmart is horrible to people. They think they are above the law. I am so sorry you had to go threw that.
I'm glad you stopped working for them. Have you ever seen Sam Walton's grown children? All that money, and they look miserable, like they escaped from the wax museum.
@@js5787 That's because they probably don't have purpose. We all need it to feel like we're contributing somehow. Believe it or not spoiling your kids like that is a form of abuse
This is funny because 2 days ago I went into Walmart to just make a copy of my house key and got accused of stealing.... emptied my pockets to show that all I had was my phone and my key and my new key lol😂
Target didn't even last a month here in Canada. My first time going there was my first trip to the states back in 2016 when I went to Buffalo. My second time was when I visited my aunt and Canadian uncle who is working to get his American citizenship in San Jose California. I like Target. But I think it didn't survive because it wasn't helping the Canadian economy as there were no Canadian based products only American. I think that's why it flopped here.
People need to realize how traumatizing it is to go through things like this. I don't fault the police for responding to calls but there needs to be repercussions for people who make libelist claims with no evidence or facts. Like they said, no one actually saw her put anything in her bag so why make the call? This is harassment, they're just using the police to do it.
Clearly there is more to this than the David and Goliath story that the "News" is trying to portray as her receipt shows the purchases were made at 08:29 while the officer's bodycam shows her being detained as she exits the store at 12:36 on the same day. Now I'm not saying that she did, or didn't...but I have personally observed store staff detain a woman that attempted to walk out of a store with a television using the same receipt from an earlier television purchase. Some people believe it is a better use of their time to spend their day trying to come up with ways to screw others over rather than using their time to better themselves.
@@1966johnnywayne they detained her and made her wait at the store until the police showed up. So she was waiting around a few hours while the whole process played out
@@joem2130 There is no mention of her being detained by anyone other than the police confronting her as she exits the store...four hours later than the time on her Walmart receipt. Edit: Ok, I'm now inclined to agree with you. Looking at the stores shadow being cast at 00:50 leads me to think that the officers body cam time is off, as the sun should be overhead and casting minimal shadow if the correct time were 12:30 as indicated by the body cam.
To the Walmart employees and manager in this video: You discriminated against the one female customer and banned her from your store. In fact, the cops you called should've gone in and arrested all of you for discrimination against innocent people.
I was falsely accused of shoplifting from Walmart’s loss prevention and even though I’ve been to trial and won I’m still banned from every Walmart for life
They can ban any one for any reason they seem fit. Even if they simply don't want to do business with you, or want you on the property. It is a privately owned business, and their land is private ground. Acting managers can make their own calls (in accordance with the law.) Even if it is not posted on any policy.
@@IvanaGiznya absolutely nothing I went to court and since it’s a private business they can pretty much just do whatever the hell they want so I’m stuck with a lifetime ban
That same Walmart alerted a cashier that was checking me out that I was sticking items in the CLEAR bag that the pillow I was purchasing in. Like, you could see right through it. The cashier thought it was crazy that they said something to her and told me what was said because I walked right up and put all my items on the belt. I kind of wish they would’ve tried to pull me in an office or accuse me because they would’ve been sued so fast.
Cops need to be charged for wrongful trasspas heard on the body cam.. Saying she didnt steal employee who call cops need to go to jail for false reporting... Manager and walmart corp office need go jail for obstruction tampering with evidence an this woman needs to own this walmart
Everytime I'm asked for a receipt I decline! It's not the law to have to show a receipt. I even asked the chick at the door are you a door greeter or a door checker?
when she said she went to target and got emotional...omg that made me cry from my soul ... I know what your going through I have been there and felt it and that pain never goes away ... thank god your story was told cause... everyone doesn't get help and false accusations can ruin a persons life.... it affects jobs, finances, and also were you live its horrible.... having to constantly explain a situation that accured that was completely false....internal scream
The police were not at fault ,they only responded to a service call and the idiot manager who needs fired forced them to ban her(trespass) from store. Not officers fault.
Bad managers are NOT fired, they get transferred. They could have Hitler as a manager, and as long as the store makes money, they will give ZERO shits what people think of him. It's all about the $$$$....
This just happened to me and my mother recently, we just got our groceries and forget we needed to make an exchange, didnt go anywhere near the clothing section at all and came back inside to a change clothes (WITH RECEIPT) and now my mother is banned from the walmart where she cashes her check. The security guy made false claims that he didnt know we were going to unload and come back for exchanges when my mother yelled it outloud for him to hear infront of the store
So depends on state laws. I was an undercover loss prevention officer for 12 years including Walmart about 14 years ago. In Missouri, managers cannot arrest. In STL county and city, loss prevention officers must be licensed thru STL Police following 16 hours and a test. Then given all the powers of police with the use of handcuffs. That being said, in Missouri, once merchandise is put into a bag, purse, etc. Its theft by concealment. However, because the courts want to give the benefit of the doubt, the alleged shoplifters must walk past cash registers making no attempt to pay, AND they must exit the store or vestibule. Only then will criminals be prosecuted for theft, for the simple reason, not everyone uses shopping carts or baskets and a CUSTOMER might pull out of the bag the merchandise and pay for it. This manager needs to be fired.
Best explenation. In California a person must exit the store in order to called theft unless they are especial circumstances. Once again the lack of training and managers want to be cops pretending to be heroes for the store kill innocent people on a second
I WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING INSIDE THE DAMN STORE (in my case)!!!! I had a shopping cart full of groceries. I turned around after looking at a laptop and their were these COPS ALREADY!!! I was shocked, frustrated and upset that when they told me if I was gonna buy the groceries. I was like the heck not!!! I was so upset I didn't feel like shopping Any more. Even told them to look at the cameras, after no evidence, I was STILL given a trespass. Walmart REALLY NEEDS TO CHANGE and just REALLY look into their employees and train them better!
@Skunky Stinkerson I like going shopping at Target now or as I have started going shopping at Target... It's very much more classy and sometimes there's even more clearance in there... I'd advise you to check it out as well if you haven't already.
Agreed! Quit fussing and giving them reason to falsely accuse us by literally taking out coins to everywhere else but them. Problem is unity. When united you stand, when divided you crumble.
I hope she and everyone else sues them for the maximum amount possible and come up with extra reasons like personal distress and time lost in order to try and get more money
I was wondering how many hours to work in a retail store like Wal-mart and Staples. In Staples, they falsely accused me of shoplifting and now I am totally banned from ever going into the store. They told me they have me on video but, I told them to show it to me. They say they could not show it to me but I have the right to see it. The whole staff should be banned and fired from Staples. They should be banned from ever working at any retail stores in Canada. That was about 5 years ago. I wanted this overturned for me. I believe they have something to hide or they do not like me because I am a handicapped person.
This is happening to me in Philadelphia. It's happening recently when I went into Aldi's and Five Below. I'm being followed but it's aggressive. I'll be 60 yrs old next week. It's exremely demoralizing and stressful. It's hard to shop when security is following you aile by aile. I had a talk with 2 managers at Aldi's after I checked out. Long talk and Introduced myself and said I'm part of the community, former board member of the local CDC, listed a bunch of things and people. They apologized, and said their security is a different company. Manager was new and said he was hired to change the culture. I'm spanish and middle eastern and they were black, so were sensitive to what I was discussing. I said this was happening regularly. And that I'm not stealing and your security if they are watching me are not watching someone who may be stealing. I own my house for 25 years in a highly gentrified and expensive area and 2 block radius of Aldi's. The paradox is that I've been involved heavily in my community over many years including 10 years on the supermarket committee to bring Aldi's to t he neighborhood. I had $98 worth of groceries and 10 days prior, I'd spent $128 worth of groceries. Makes no sense what would I be stealing. To just flag someone because they read every item, they take their time, I don't even know what the triggers are. In Five Below, I believe an undercover young man came and rudely said excuse me while I was in the cell phone department on the 2nd floor and then stood literally inches from me to the point it felt weird and toxic, so I put back what i was looking at and moved to the next aile. He then came to next aile with me and then disappeared. I watched him and actually thought he was acting peculiar. I then went back to my initial aile and suddenly a very stern woman came and stood at attention in the corner of the aile I was in. I realized it was to watch me. I have a new cell phone at home that I'm looking to buy accessories for and just wanted to price check. They didn't have my brand, Motorolla cases, so i was looking at other accessories. I wanted to look at other things but was so uncomfortable and grabbed impulse buys that i need to return but dreading now. I had a $17 lunch I was holding and my verizon router because I was in Center City Phila and been doing other errands. I want to get a lawyer. I'm obviously confused with someone and on a national list. I'm also becoming nervous when I go to any retail store and I have dogs and cats and need to shop. It's not happening everywhere. I need t get a lawyer.
Stop being stupid and stop stealing. If your not stealing then dont worry about those people. They have every right to follow you if your sketchy. A lawyer will do nothing since you have no case
@Gemma Dann sounds like your making stupid assumptions because you don't know what sketchy means. Sketchy/suspicious Police and security look for this behavior all the time. stop making assumptions and maybe learn to google words
Its interesting how these places handle this stuff. I bring my own canvas bags and even my own shopping cart, especially in the Age of COVID. I also play Pokemon so I tend to wander the store playing the game if the weather is inclement. I've been followed by loss prevention, but never confronted or accused. I suppose I am very fortunate in that respect
"you have been trespassed from our business even though you've never done anything wrong. All the hate, Walmart." Don't shop at Walmart, they don't treat their employees with respect and they have no respect for their customers.
I always avoid going to the walmart close to my home in massachusetts and instead i drive all the way to new hampshire to make my purchase in order to avoid this kind of false accusations.😠 i can't believe that a kind person like this woman went through all that.
but typically the issues a blanket trespass that covers any walmart, but yeah to be target as stealing and proven you did not and to get a trespass order against you, was not smart on walmart behalf.
I haven been in a Walmart in years when they suspect everyone of shoplifting and ask to see your receipt. I just turn around and go to the customer service counter and return everything and get my money back and tell them why.
I do it just to cost them. They have to pay their people to go through and refund your money. When they ask why I'm returning everything i tell them i don't like the accusation of theft when i walk out the door.
What the hell is Walmart thinking 🤔, the lady had a receipt for her items in her bag and they still put a no trespassing order on her. 😂😂😂. Now they are going to have to pay a settlement when she takes them to court. Hopefully she gets a nice settlement from them for their actions to her.
Human garbage should not have any kind of authority privileges. The female officer was very nice and she has common sense. It’s time for Walmart to clean out the bad employees with mental health problems and get normal people to handle surveillance.
The reason for the trespass is: This is something they do to distance themselves from shame and responsibility as they may make the same mistake with the same person repeatedly. They distance themselves from being sued -for sure!
Maybe she didn't wanna carry alot of bags inside i understand why after buying it why she put it in her tote bag. She paid for it............. (She paid for it) why is she banned.
Seeing this in 2021 but had an incident at a wal mart when walking with a person we were stopped by a pair of officers who spoke to us and then followed us to the check out. We had walked past the assistant manager as i talked to the person who had picked up an item left in the wrong place . I told her to put it back where she found it and was explaining that small items like it were often stolen as we walked past the manager. As we walked past the electronics area this happened on Christmas eve we were stopped. It was very upsetting I got on line and complained they called were very apologetic that manager is no longer at wal mart. But yes it is something I still think about every time I go there or any place to shop.
I've been wrongfully accused for theft one time and its embarrassing. I can feel exactly all over again what that woman endured. Or any person who was wrongfully accused. When the manager cleared things up I gave him some hell for it. He expressed his shame for what happened. The employee that claimed I stole cigarettes and I don't even smoke or do drugs kept pushing the manager to take action. The employee had no evidence, and I had two cops ready to detain me. But the good thing was that the cops demanded more evidence. They arrived but they saw no reason to arrest me because of how vague the situation was. While I never sued, the cops did charge the employee for false accusations and even for wasting a 911 call. That was enough for me to be honest. He got what he deserved, and the manager fired him. But it was still humiliating. I was a regular customer there because they sold the only type of product I prefer there. It was a kick in the face, and I just stopped shopping there. The manager sent a letter to apologize and said although he is saddened I won't be shopping there again he respects my decisions. I forgot the name of the store because it was long ago and the store chain doesn't exist anymore.
The police have no authority to ban you anywhere. They can ask/make you to leave, but if you return in the future, you aren’t in violation of anything. A permanent ban must be issued be a judge. In the future, Walmart could press trespass charges, but that’s about it. Although, why you’d want to return there would be beyond me.
I literally hate Walmart, thank goodness I was wearing some of my old shoes and it had and I F chip in it and set the alarm off" this loud as Walmart lady what illega item are you taking from the story' to make A long story short' Its was and old Rf chip that's been in my shoe for year" she apologize but I said louder And I said apologize Louder, she was screaming so every one could hear her' I don't do business with Walmart Unless I can help it"
I used to work loss prevention at sears, we had so many rules on stopping a shop lifter. Even if I saw someone steal but couldn't 100% see where the product was concealed I had to let them go. We had to watch someone with out the product grab the product and see exactly where it went. And then watch them leave. If not we could be fired and charged with unlawful detainment. Seems like Walmart just does what they want.
Or maybe, they asked to see her receipt to verify her purchases prior to her exiting the store, which as a private business is their right, and she possibly denied them access to the receipt resulting in WalMart management calling police and having her trespassed from WalMart. Clearly there is more to this than the David and Goliath story that the "News" is trying to portray as her receipt shows the purchases were made at 08:29 while the officer's bodycam shows her being detained as she exits the store at 12:36 on the same day. Now I'm not saying that she did, or didn't...but I have personally observed store staff detain a woman that attempted to walk out of a store with a television using the same receipt from an earlier television purchase.
When I shop I put all my purchases straight into my bag which I place on the cart. I do this as I have to limit how heavy it is as I have an arthritic shoulder. As I go through self scanning I tip it all out then place the item me back in the bag as I scan them. Yesterday I was stopped as I exited the store and accused of stealing an item. Once the security guy checked his footage and my receipt he said I could leave. His demeanor changed from threatening to friendly. I was very embarrassed by the whole matter as it played out in public. This happened at Walmart in Henderson, NV
Walmart also shares shoplifter information with other corporate entities as well. She may eventually find herself on other large corporate retail store watchlists in the future regardless of the legal outcome. I hope she is compensated accordingly for both the current repercussions as well as possible future ones.
This is a prime example of why callers who wrongfully force interactions of police on people - should be held criminally and civilly liable… it causes trauma even when the person is found innocent
"Loss Prevention" at work. I refuse to shop at stores that demand you present your purchases and receipts at the door for inspection. In my mind, you're accusing me of being a thief the moment you make that demand. No tiptoeing around claiming its somehow to my advantage. Only thing I will ever steal it is the future profit you would have made off my shopping there.
This makes me not want to shop at Walmart. This woman proved she bought everything in her bag and still Walmart banned her from their store . I would rather shop at Target.
A company has every right to ban someone from their stores as it is classed as private property, and is sometimes the only way to deal with serial shoplifters who may work in gangs with other people. Sometimes they know what is going on, but the clever shoplifters know how to skirt the law, and that sometimes the officers don't want to fill in tedious paperwork.. Two sides to every story, and why should the company respond to these hacks. Who made a respectable company answerable to third rate hacks in the fourth estate.
The problem with these false claims of shoplifting will never end until there is a penalty for these false accusations. There should be a double penalty, the person making the claim should be prosecuted and the store should take a financial hit. Also why was she trespassed if nothing was stolen? Because they made themselves look bad and she was a target of convenience?
Dumbest part is they outright said the manager stated he was never actually able to observe her stealing anything. So basically he thought she was stealing, observed her on multiple previous occasions and never actually saw her steal anything but called the cops and had her trespassed for theft even though she had a receipt for everything. Sounds to me it’s this manager that is the problem. How do you admit you never observed someone stealing anything but accuse them of stealing.
If she stole, Walmart would have presented the cctv footage immediately, immediately.
When walmart call the cops they should provvide some evidence.
Oh I wish we could see the update on this in court. Her lawyers can have a field day
@@Bernd321ful I seriously doubt they have anything
Walmart made this worse by having her trespassed. After showing her receipt she should have been allowed to walk away. Walmart you went to far.
Don’t expect much from dumb people.
What do you expect from Trump supporters!
The reason for the trespass is:
This is something they do to distance themselves from shame and responsibility as they may make the same mistake with the same person repeatedly. They distance themselves from being sued -for sure!
@@torque7025 in that case I would've been more adamant about suing, and I wouldn't have settled out of Court, just to show how abusive Walmart has been during their whole existance!
@@torque7025 they should have made it better by just giving her an apology and a gift certificate! Instead they think they can bully whoever they choose! Sounds like a former President of ours!
This is just ONE of the many reasons I dislike Walmart!!
if someone is being watched, how come they didn't see her go through at the checkout? mind boggles
HOW TF YOU GONNA BAND SOMEONE FROM A DAMN STORE AFTER SHE’S BEEN PROVEN TO HAVE BROUGHT HER ITEMS THAT WERE IN HER BAG.. SUE TF OUT THEY AXX MA’AM
They can ban you for no reason at all.
Aint no ban lol. By the time she goes back, its going to be a whole new crew. Happened to me at Sears. I was banned but went back the next week like nothing happened
EGO! WE'RE GOING TO CONTROL YOU NO MATTER WHAT!!!
Doubling down on stupid so to speak. You see it all the time when someone will not admit they were wrong.
What you said. I was thinking the same thing. How the f_ck do you still band her for life F walmart.
I am also Being falsely accused of shoplifting by Walmart. I'm still waiting to go to court. They said they have video evidence but when i filed for discovery they conveniently didn't include the video footage! I will fight this to the end. Boycott Walmart!
I worked at Walmart. You got banned because of ONE MANAGER just didn't like you. That's the way it works at Walmart.
@@texan6673 i would like to work at waltmart what do i need to do....i will wait for your answer
Skunky Stinkerson Everything You’re saying I know is true . I know somebody who works for a Walmart in FL . She told me that multiple employees came down with the virus and not only did they brush it under the rug but they wouldn’t let them know who had it . How dangerous is that ?
Belkis Perez canoles How about go online and apply . I mean , that would be step one .
I do better than that, I go in their stores and discriminately and fill up a cart with all kinds of stuff from all places in the store, even perishables. Then when I get into the line at the cashier, oh darn got. Forgot my wallet I'll be right back. That f**** them all up and then they have to put everything back.
I use a shopping bag, I understand her, it's so humiliating. She's being picked on for no reason, how can you defend yourself against nothing but an accusation and no proof. To be banned from a store for no reason? Awful. I hate Wal-Mart.
Yea 👎🏽🤮🙅🏽♂️🙅🏽🙅🏽♀️💩
Legally the store cannot withhold video from a supena from a attorney that is representing a client that was harmed by them
Isn't that a Brady violation?
It will somehow, be LOST by the store in question. This happens far more often than is reported. On my last trip to wally world, I was followed from stem to stern in that store by their LP, who I worked with and TRAINED for 5 years. I told her I hope she had on her walking shoes, as I took her around that store at least 5 times, filling up 2 carts of merchandise. I left those carts at the registers for the store management to put away. When I retired from that same store, the manager left STRICT instructions for me to be followed whenever I shopped there. I went over HIS head and had him transferred, since wally DOESN'T FIRE BAD MANAGERS, PERIOD. They are transferred to become someone else's headache. I wish the lady luck, but I'm betting that ZERO will happen to anyone at the store level.....
the judge probably decided it was inadmissible for some reason i’m sure her defense attorney tried to get a subpoena
update: at the end the anchor says he requested a copy not subpoenaed a copy
Indeed. The judge has the legal ability/right to say, "You have 3 business days to provide the subpoena required video, if you do not, I will find in favor of the plaintiff for every penny she and her attorney are asking for."
Depends what legal reason they have for not providing the tape. Maybe it got lost, point being, there is nothing enforcing them to give the video
Walmart tried to accuse me of shoplifting too. I went in with my 8 year old son and bought a cart full of items including a truck for him. On the way out a man asked me for my receipt which I handed to him. He looked it over and told me that the truck was not on the list and asked me to out it back. I had just paid 39.99 for that truck and I WAS NOT going to out it back. I told him absolutely not. He continued to ask me to put it back and I refused then told him to get a manager. The manager came over and showed him it was on the receipt. I'm a nurse and I know not to treat others poorly, but I wanted to yell at him and tell him exactly what I thought of him.
Walmart run's all the mom and pop store's out of business and then Start's bullying and attacking paying customers.
No the disloyal customers of the mom and pop stores stopped shopping there and went to the big chain instead. That's what put them out of business.
@@CassandrashadowcassMorrison no its capitalism. It funnels the powers into the few who can crush the rest. How can mom and pop shops compete against a company that can buy huge quantities of items and undercut the mom and pop shops so much and still make a profit at that price point! The system is rigged and skewed.
Precisely why I refuse to do business there
This happened to me and I sued. I got 460,000 from my lawyer.
What type of lawyer did you have to get? I need one fir them also to sue them for the same thing. They already admitted they were wrong.
Lol yea right. Not a chance. Liar
That’s Great!!!!
Noice!!!
U won give me u lawyer name
She paid for it and put it in her bag whats the problem.
Walmart does not care who they accuse. I worked for one. I seen for myself what happens at Walmart. It is shocking. I thank heavens I don’t work at Walmart anymore. They treat employees like crap. They are horrible people.
Tina Bergman I was wrongfully accused of shoplifting 3 months ago, I bought candy and walked from the register to the toy isle to get my sister and I was told “I tried to hide items”
If you even look at them wrong they accuse people. It is so sad. Walmart is horrible to people. They think they are above the law. I am so sorry you had to go threw that.
Stop supporting Walmart.They like your money
I'm glad you stopped working for them. Have you ever seen Sam Walton's grown children? All that money, and they look miserable, like they escaped from the wax museum.
@@js5787 That's because they probably don't have purpose. We all need it to feel like we're contributing somehow. Believe it or not spoiling your kids like that is a form of abuse
All I can say is "LAWSUIT"
Yes agree lawsuit
This is funny because 2 days ago I went into Walmart to just make a copy of my house key and got accused of stealing.... emptied my pockets to show that all I had was my phone and my key and my new key lol😂
You should not habe emptied your pockets. Let them call the cops and then sue them after. Could be a huge payday
Don't empty your pockets, the burden of proof is on them to prove you are guilty.
You are under no obligation to assist them, make them do the work.
Stop shopping at walmart
Go to Target. Screw WalMart.
I've never once been questioned at a Target.
Nooooooooooooo i own walmart shares , Go walmart . lol
or Meijer, never had a problem there and no WalMartians.
Target didn't even last a month here in Canada. My first time going there was my first trip to the states back in 2016 when I went to Buffalo. My second time was when I visited my aunt and Canadian uncle who is working to get his American citizenship in San Jose California. I like Target. But I think it didn't survive because it wasn't helping the Canadian economy as there were no Canadian based products only American. I think that's why it flopped here.
Whats the matter with these stores they need to be sued until broke. Why people patronize this business
People need to realize how traumatizing it is to go through things like this. I don't fault the police for responding to calls but there needs to be repercussions for people who make libelist claims with no evidence or facts. Like they said, no one actually saw her put anything in her bag so why make the call? This is harassment, they're just using the police to do it.
Clearly there is more to this than the David and Goliath story that the "News" is trying to portray as her receipt shows the purchases were made at 08:29 while the officer's bodycam shows her being detained as she exits the store at 12:36 on the same day. Now I'm not saying that she did, or didn't...but I have personally observed store staff detain a woman that attempted to walk out of a store with a television using the same receipt from an earlier television purchase. Some people believe it is a better use of their time to spend their day trying to come up with ways to screw others over rather than using their time to better themselves.
@@1966johnnywayne they detained her and made her wait at the store until the police showed up. So she was waiting around a few hours while the whole process played out
@@joem2130 There is no mention of her being detained by anyone other than the police confronting her as she exits the store...four hours later than the time on her Walmart receipt.
Edit: Ok, I'm now inclined to agree with you. Looking at the stores shadow being cast at 00:50 leads me to think that the officers body cam time is off, as the sun should be overhead and casting minimal shadow if the correct time were 12:30 as indicated by the body cam.
If your not stealing what is there to be scared of? Why try to be so hidden
This is the main reason I don't do self checkout and I always request a receipt even for one item purchased
To the Walmart employees and manager in this video: You discriminated against the one female customer and banned her from your store. In fact, the cops you called should've gone in and arrested all of you for discrimination against innocent people.
I was falsely accused of shoplifting from Walmart’s loss prevention and even though I’ve been to trial and won I’m still banned from every Walmart for life
They can ban any one for any reason they seem fit. Even if they simply don't want to do business with you, or want you on the property. It is a privately owned business, and their land is private ground. Acting managers can make their own calls (in accordance with the law.) Even if it is not posted on any policy.
Consider yourself lucky.
Sooo how much did you win?
@@IvanaGiznya absolutely nothing I went to court and since it’s a private business they can pretty much just do whatever the hell they want so I’m stuck with a lifetime ban
@@zacok1110 Are you B or W? Bet you if you're B they'd think twice, they're chicken sht
That same Walmart alerted a cashier that was checking me out that I was sticking items in the CLEAR bag that the pillow I was purchasing in. Like, you could see right through it. The cashier thought it was crazy that they said something to her and told me what was said because I walked right up and put all my items on the belt. I kind of wish they would’ve tried to pull me in an office or accuse me because they would’ve been sued so fast.
Yes, this is corporate bullying - and for patronizing their store!
That was some trip to Wal-Mart, I hope she never goes back, not even if she gets rewarded a million dollars for that mistake.
Cops need to be charged for wrongful trasspas heard on the body cam.. Saying she didnt steal employee who call cops need to go to jail for false reporting... Manager and walmart corp office need go jail for obstruction tampering with evidence an this woman needs to own this walmart
Wal-Mart and Sam club need to close all of there store
This is exactly why i shop online
Too many incidents like this at Wal-Mart.
Where were their receipt checkers? They're certainly in everyone else's face all the d**n time!
Everytime I'm asked for a receipt I decline! It's not the law to have to show a receipt. I even asked the chick at the door are you a door greeter or a door checker?
I always tell the receipt checkers "no thank you" when they ask for my receipt.
Wallmart obviously will never take this seriously. Wallmart: oh you didnt steal anything youre bamned
when she said she went to target and got emotional...omg that made me cry from my soul ... I know what your going through I have been there and felt it and that pain never goes away ... thank god your story was told cause... everyone doesn't get help and false accusations can ruin a persons life.... it affects jobs, finances, and also were you live its horrible.... having to constantly explain a situation that accured that was completely false....internal scream
I took them to court won 10k and I go to any store I want and if they come at me, I simply say go ahead I'll just sue you again...
After watching this, Wal-Mart lost a customer.
I've said before tell all your friends and spend your hard darn money somewhere else .
I just wonder what would be the police's reaction if this lady's skin tone was of a darker shade. Probably not so calm, polite and understanding.
agree completely
Everything about race. They have pills for paranoia.
@@1000kings1 Years of empirical observation and evidence is not paranoia. Denial of it, on the other hand, is stupidity.
Are you a racist Mr Salles?
@@jtonythejett1 What on earth would possess you to come to that conclusion?
Sue Walmart and that dumb cop and his department.I'd hope you win big.A lot of employees hate Walmart.I'm glad Amazon is doing better.
The police were not at fault ,they only responded to a service call and the idiot manager who needs fired forced them to ban her(trespass) from store. Not officers fault.
Cops did absolutely nothing wrong, wym? They were on her side.
Wal-Mart doesn't seem to be taking this too seriously if George Huff hasn't been fired yet.
Bad managers are NOT fired, they get transferred. They could have Hitler as a manager, and as long as the store makes money, they will give ZERO shits what people think of him. It's all about the $$$$....
@Gemma Dann .. was Walmart ordered to pay the 100,000 $
Sue the hell out of Walmart
This just happened to me and my mother recently, we just got our groceries and forget we needed to make an exchange, didnt go anywhere near the clothing section at all and came back inside to a change clothes (WITH RECEIPT) and now my mother is banned from the walmart where she cashes her check. The security guy made false claims that he didnt know we were going to unload and come back for exchanges when my mother yelled it outloud for him to hear infront of the store
Did you call corporate to report this.
@@zavankan4796 yeah my aunt is a manager there with other contacts and he still works there
Insane, abusive. How does this get to go through at all.
So depends on state laws. I was an undercover loss prevention officer for 12 years including Walmart about 14 years ago. In Missouri, managers cannot arrest. In STL county and city, loss prevention officers must be licensed thru STL Police following 16 hours and a test. Then given all the powers of police with the use of handcuffs.
That being said, in Missouri, once merchandise is put into a bag, purse, etc. Its theft by concealment. However, because the courts want to give the benefit of the doubt, the alleged shoplifters must walk past cash registers making no attempt to pay, AND they must exit the store or vestibule. Only then will criminals be prosecuted for theft, for the simple reason, not everyone uses shopping carts or baskets and a CUSTOMER might pull out of the bag the merchandise and pay for it.
This manager needs to be fired.
Best explenation. In California a person must exit the store in order to called theft unless they are especial circumstances. Once again the lack of training and managers want to be cops pretending to be heroes for the store kill innocent people on a second
I WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING INSIDE THE DAMN STORE (in my case)!!!! I had a shopping cart full of groceries. I turned around after looking at a laptop and their were these COPS ALREADY!!! I was shocked, frustrated and upset that when they told me if I was gonna buy the groceries. I was like the heck not!!! I was so upset I didn't feel like shopping Any more. Even told them to look at the cameras, after no evidence, I was STILL given a trespass. Walmart REALLY NEEDS TO CHANGE and just REALLY look into their employees and train them better!
@Skunky Stinkerson I know exactly how you feel man... ever since that incident happened to me I myself has stopped going shopping at Walmart.
@Skunky Stinkerson I like going shopping at Target now or as I have started going shopping at Target... It's very much more classy and sometimes there's even more clearance in there... I'd advise you to check it out as well if you haven't already.
Wal-Mart needs to be boycotted
Agreed! Quit fussing and giving them reason to falsely accuse us by literally taking out coins to everywhere else but them. Problem is unity. When united you stand, when divided you crumble.
I hope she and everyone else sues them for the maximum amount possible and come up with extra reasons like personal distress and time lost in order to try and get more money
I was wondering how many hours to work in a retail store like Wal-mart and Staples. In Staples, they falsely accused me of shoplifting and now I am totally banned from ever going into the store. They told me they have me on video but, I told them to show it to me. They say they could not show it to me but I have the right to see it. The whole staff should be banned and fired from Staples. They should be banned from ever working at any retail stores in Canada. That was about 5 years ago. I wanted this overturned for me. I believe they have something to hide or they do not like me because I am a handicapped person.
Nah, you're on there record as stealing so someone from loss conrol security can freely steal item's and add the item to your record!!!!
@@scottsullivan7129 I wish I had someone like that for me.
Hey walmart do this to me so i can own 2 of my own walmarts a yacht and an island
Me too,please.
Lol
Funnnnnnnnnny
I hope she sue Walmart .
This is why i will never shop at Walmart
Wal-Mart and cops go hand in hand. All tgugs
I worked for walmart at one point and in orientation they talked about all the lawsuits they have I just shook my head
Sue the shop...
The manager needs to be *DEMOTED* to stockman (cart pusher) or terminated
The police believed her and so do I
Moral of the story: never bring in your own reusable bags into a store to save the planet.
Whenever they ask to see my receipt I smile and keep it pushing. I payed for it, it’s mine, I’m leaving
This is happening to me in Philadelphia. It's happening recently when I went into Aldi's and Five Below. I'm being followed but it's aggressive. I'll be 60 yrs old next week. It's exremely demoralizing and stressful. It's hard to shop when security is following you aile by aile. I had a talk with 2 managers at Aldi's after I checked out. Long talk and Introduced myself and said I'm part of the community, former board member of the local CDC, listed a bunch of things and people. They apologized, and said their security is a different company. Manager was new and said he was hired to change the culture. I'm spanish and middle eastern and they were black, so were sensitive to what I was discussing. I said this was happening regularly. And that I'm not stealing and your security if they are watching me are not watching someone who may be stealing. I own my house for 25 years in a highly gentrified and expensive area and 2 block radius of Aldi's. The paradox is that I've been involved heavily in my community over many years including 10 years on the supermarket committee to bring Aldi's to t he neighborhood. I had $98 worth of groceries and 10 days prior, I'd spent $128 worth of groceries. Makes no sense what would I be stealing. To just flag someone because they read every item, they take their time, I don't even know what the triggers are. In Five Below, I believe an undercover young man came and rudely said excuse me while I was in the cell phone department on the 2nd floor and then stood literally inches from me to the point it felt weird and toxic, so I put back what i was looking at and moved to the next aile. He then came to next aile with me and then disappeared. I watched him and actually thought he was acting peculiar. I then went back to my initial aile and suddenly a very stern woman came and stood at attention in the corner of the aile I was in. I realized it was to watch me. I have a new cell phone at home that I'm looking to buy accessories for and just wanted to price check. They didn't have my brand, Motorolla cases, so i was looking at other accessories. I wanted to look at other things but was so uncomfortable and grabbed impulse buys that i need to return but dreading now. I had a $17 lunch I was holding and my verizon router because I was in Center City Phila and been doing other errands. I want to get a lawyer. I'm obviously confused with someone and on a national list. I'm also becoming nervous when I go to any retail store and I have dogs and cats and need to shop. It's not happening everywhere. I need t get a lawyer.
Stop being stupid and stop stealing. If your not stealing then dont worry about those people. They have every right to follow you if your sketchy. A lawyer will do nothing since you have no case
@Gemma Dann sounds like your making stupid assumptions because you don't know what sketchy means. Sketchy/suspicious
Police and security look for this behavior all the time. stop making assumptions and maybe learn to google words
@Gemma Dann OMG!😱
A spelling error!
What ever will I do? Numb nuts will never understand what I meant......
@Gemma Dann hopefully don't get discrimination? Yeah cause that made sense. Who's dumb?
@@SooSmokie you just made assumptions, and you accused others of making assumptions🙄
Its interesting how these places handle this stuff. I bring my own canvas bags and even my own shopping cart, especially in the Age of COVID. I also play Pokemon so I tend to wander the store playing the game if the weather is inclement. I've been followed by loss prevention, but never confronted or accused. I suppose I am very fortunate in that respect
"you have been trespassed from our business even though you've never done anything wrong. All the hate, Walmart." Don't shop at Walmart, they don't treat their employees with respect and they have no respect for their customers.
The manager had her trespassed with out direct proof she can take it above his head and have them resend the order
I always avoid going to the walmart close to my home in massachusetts and instead i drive all the way to new hampshire to make my purchase in order to avoid this kind of false accusations.😠 i can't believe that a kind person like this woman went through all that.
I would have gone back even in another Walmart and return everything I purchased
but typically the issues a blanket trespass that covers any walmart, but yeah to be target as stealing and proven you did not and to get a trespass order against you, was not smart on walmart behalf.
I haven been in a Walmart in years when they suspect everyone of shoplifting and ask to see your receipt. I just turn around and go to the customer service counter and return everything and get my money back and tell them why.
I do it just to cost them. They have to pay their people to go through and refund your money. When they ask why I'm returning everything i tell them i don't like the accusation of theft when i walk out the door.
What the hell is Walmart thinking 🤔, the lady had a receipt for her items in her bag and they still put a no trespassing order on her. 😂😂😂. Now they are going to have to pay a settlement when she takes them to court. Hopefully she gets a nice settlement from them for their actions to her.
Then, they'll raise prices.
Human garbage should not have any kind of authority privileges. The female officer was very nice and she has common sense. It’s time for Walmart to clean out the bad employees with mental health problems and get normal people to handle surveillance.
The reason for the trespass is:
This is something they do to distance themselves from shame and responsibility as they may make the same mistake with the same person repeatedly. They distance themselves from being sued -for sure!
fast forward to today.. and we all carry personal shoppin bags.. imagine that..
Contempt prior to INVESTIGATION leaves a man in everlasting IGNORANCE. Way to go Walcrap.
Being banned from that low-life, sweat factory-stocked hell hole is the best thing that could have happened to her!
That's why I'm never going to Walmart
Maybe she didn't wanna carry alot of bags inside i understand why after buying it why she put it in her tote bag. She paid for it............. (She paid for it) why is she banned.
They only take it serious when they are facing a lawsuit!!!! Does anyone know of the outcome of this???
Seeing this in 2021 but had an incident at a wal mart when walking with a person we were stopped by a pair of officers who spoke to us and then followed us to the check out. We had walked past the assistant manager as i talked to the person who had picked up an item left in the wrong place . I told her to put it back where she found it and was explaining that small items like it were often stolen as we walked past the manager. As we walked past the electronics area this happened on Christmas eve we were stopped. It was very upsetting I got on line and complained they called were very apologetic that manager is no longer at wal mart. But yes it is something I still think about every time I go there or any place to shop.
I've been wrongfully accused for theft one time and its embarrassing. I can feel exactly all over again what that woman endured. Or any person who was wrongfully accused.
When the manager cleared things up I gave him some hell for it. He expressed his shame for what happened. The employee that claimed I stole cigarettes and I don't even smoke or do drugs kept pushing the manager to take action. The employee had no evidence, and I had two cops ready to detain me. But the good thing was that the cops demanded more evidence. They arrived but they saw no reason to arrest me because of how vague the situation was. While I never sued, the cops did charge the employee for false accusations and even for wasting a 911 call. That was enough for me to be honest. He got what he deserved, and the manager fired him. But it was still humiliating. I was a regular customer there because they sold the only type of product I prefer there. It was a kick in the face, and I just stopped shopping there. The manager sent a letter to apologize and said although he is saddened I won't be shopping there again he respects my decisions. I forgot the name of the store because it was long ago and the store chain doesn't exist anymore.
Oh yes Walmart will respond to the Court;.. and it will cost them huge $$$ in litigation!
The manager of that Walmart needs to be locked up in jail for filing a false police report for wasting police time over their lies.
The manager should be charged for misuse of 911.
The police have no authority to ban you anywhere. They can ask/make you to leave, but if you return in the future, you aren’t in violation of anything. A permanent ban must be issued be a judge.
In the future, Walmart could press trespass charges, but that’s about it. Although, why you’d want to return there would be beyond me.
Depends on the state they can detained you if they ask you to live and you refuse but ultimately a judge is the one with the decision.
I literally hate Walmart, thank goodness I was wearing some of my old shoes and it had and I F chip in it and set the alarm off" this loud as Walmart lady what illega item are you taking from the story' to make
A long story short' Its was and old
Rf chip that's been in my shoe for year" she apologize but I said louder
And I said apologize Louder, she was screaming so every one could hear her' I don't do business with Walmart
Unless I can help it"
I used to shop Walmart a lot , now I randomly use them. They are rude to customers, they act like they are doing you a favor letting you shop there
I used to work loss prevention at sears, we had so many rules on stopping a shop lifter. Even if I saw someone steal but couldn't 100% see where the product was concealed I had to let them go. We had to watch someone with out the product grab the product and see exactly where it went. And then watch them leave. If not we could be fired and charged with unlawful detainment. Seems like Walmart just does what they want.
Or maybe, they asked to see her receipt to verify her purchases prior to her exiting the store, which as a private business is their right, and she possibly denied them access to the receipt resulting in WalMart management calling police and having her trespassed from WalMart. Clearly there is more to this than the David and Goliath story that the "News" is trying to portray as her receipt shows the purchases were made at 08:29 while the officer's bodycam shows her being detained as she exits the store at 12:36 on the same day. Now I'm not saying that she did, or didn't...but I have personally observed store staff detain a woman that attempted to walk out of a store with a television using the same receipt from an earlier television purchase.
Well we ALL know wal--ley world (after Sam passed) right now turned into FREAK SHOW.
I am Afro-American welcome to my world
I am American Indians and we are the same ppl
You know, it doesn't seem that long ago that everybody hated lawyers and now everybody's running to one.
Shame on you walmart! Time for a good old fashioned boycott!
Damn weird I used to steal from Walmart all the time
That has got to be so hurtful and humiliating! She should sue them for defamation!
When I shop I put all my purchases straight into my bag which I place on the cart. I do this as I have to limit how heavy it is as I have an arthritic shoulder. As I go through self scanning I tip it all out then place the item me back in the bag as I scan them.
Yesterday I was stopped as I exited the store and accused of stealing an item. Once the security guy checked his footage and my receipt he said I could leave. His demeanor changed from threatening to friendly. I was very embarrassed by the whole matter as it played out in public. This happened at Walmart in Henderson, NV
They probably said wow she really wasnt stealing so lets ban her since we didnt find her stealing ..thats crazy
To the cops in this video: You should've gone in and arrested the Walmart employees and manager for discrimination against innocent people.
Walmart also shares shoplifter information with other corporate entities as well. She may eventually find herself on other large corporate retail store watchlists in the future regardless of the legal outcome. I hope she is compensated accordingly for both the current repercussions as well as possible future ones.
This is a prime example of why callers who wrongfully force interactions of police on people - should be held criminally and civilly liable… it causes trauma even when the person is found innocent
I don’t get it. She got banned even though she didn’t steal anything ??
"Loss Prevention" at work. I refuse to shop at stores that demand you present your purchases and receipts at the door for inspection. In my mind, you're accusing me of being a thief the moment you make that demand. No tiptoeing around claiming its somehow to my advantage. Only thing I will ever steal it is the future profit you would have made off my shopping there.
This makes me not want to shop at Walmart. This woman proved she bought everything in her bag and still Walmart banned her from their store . I would rather shop at Target.
File a suit for slander, defamation, and wrongful prosecution.
The name of that manager and the responding cop should be public.Then, a multi-thousand dollar lawsuit against him personally and Wal-Mart....
Why would they want to ban a paying customer? Makes no sense.
While working for Walmart I see shoppers at my Walmart do the same thing all the time. And never have any problems. This was crazy!!!
A company has every right to ban someone from their stores as it is classed as private property, and is sometimes the only way to deal with serial shoplifters who may work in gangs with other people. Sometimes they know what is going on, but the clever shoplifters know how to skirt the law, and that sometimes the officers don't want to fill in tedious paperwork.. Two sides to every story, and why should the company respond to these hacks. Who made a respectable company answerable to third rate hacks in the fourth estate.
The problem with these false claims of shoplifting will never end until there is a penalty for these false accusations.
There should be a double penalty, the person making the claim should be prosecuted and the store should take a financial hit.
Also why was she trespassed if nothing was stolen? Because they made themselves look bad and she was a target of convenience?
She should sue Walmart for defamation of character.
It's nice if they have proof that people stealing but they don't have to accused them of stealing
Dumbest part is they outright said the manager stated he was never actually able to observe her stealing anything. So basically he thought she was stealing, observed her on multiple previous occasions and never actually saw her steal anything but called the cops and had her trespassed for theft even though she had a receipt for everything. Sounds to me it’s this manager that is the problem. How do you admit you never observed someone stealing anything but accuse them of stealing.
People need to be held accountable when they make face claims