• Laurel Raven@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    21 hours ago

    No, the malfunctioning scanner did not cause this… The aggressive policing of these types of errors is what did. When it became clear the items weren’t scanned, they should have turned her back to go pay for them, not arrest her right then and there

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      5 minutes ago

      Jul 23rd there was a viral video of people shoplifting an NYC bakery. I guess Walmart’s policing gets taken more seriously than that of the corner shop?