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leftstreet

(36,081 posts)
31. Public cops, protecting private profits
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 03:55 PM
Dec 2012

That's fucked up

But retailers don't like paying for private security, or the huge loss from lawsuits that follow

so apple does not like selling too many phones to one person? How weird is that. CBGLuthier Dec 2012 #1
What bothers me is that police felt compelled to use a taser. There is something rotten here, and still_one Dec 2012 #3
Me too sandyshoes17 Dec 2012 #5
Even if that is so, I find it quite difficult that they felt they needed mace to do it /nt still_one Dec 2012 #6
It sounds like they were leftynyc Dec 2012 #12
Have the police never heard of Google translate? It would have been easy to type it in and DaniDubois Dec 2012 #27
Seems the store understood her fine when she bought the first 2 phones. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #29
just another state to which I will never go. nt MrYikes Dec 2012 #2
Unfortunately the list is getting larger /nt still_one Dec 2012 #4
A two hundred dollar IPhone, costs around eight hundred in China siligut Dec 2012 #7
and that was my only point, macing her was not only unnecessary but maybe racial still_one Dec 2012 #8
Why is it illegal? You pay what it costs. It's yours. mainer Dec 2012 #17
Maybe Samsung has a big say in the matter? siligut Dec 2012 #26
What did the manager of the Apple Store tell her? jsr Dec 2012 #9
Don't know, but was mace necessary? still_one Dec 2012 #10
I want to know why Apple called the cops on her jsr Dec 2012 #11
good points still_one Dec 2012 #14
article said that police were there at Apple's request lapislzi Dec 2012 #19
Public cops, protecting private profits leftstreet Dec 2012 #31
Oh, I get it all right. lapislzi Dec 2012 #32
taser HiPointDem Dec 2012 #35
Barbaric. forestpath Dec 2012 #13
Huh? lapislzi Dec 2012 #15
She had ordered two more iPhones online and came to store to pick them up mainer Dec 2012 #16
iphones are part of the problem datasuspect Dec 2012 #18
No, the problem here is that Occulus Dec 2012 #20
in a police state, yes datasuspect Dec 2012 #22
why are police providing security at the apple store?! frylock Dec 2012 #21
lots of cops take side jobs datasuspect Dec 2012 #23
yes, police often work as security guards.. frylock Dec 2012 #24
apple's got it like that? datasuspect Dec 2012 #25
Is there a large sign in the store SheilaT Dec 2012 #28
Tasers were supposed to be alternatives to shooting criminal suspects, NOT for petty misdemeanors GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #30
Evil november3rd Dec 2012 #33
Disgusting police behavior Neutrino_603 Dec 2012 #34
Looks like I won't be going back to New England's suburbian Grand Cayman anytime soon. (NT) Heywood J Dec 2012 #36
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