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Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the living-your-life-with-principles dept.

NMerriam writes "Michael Righi was arrested in Ohio over the weekend after refusing to show his receipt when leaving Circuit City. When the manger and 'loss prevention' employee physically prevented the vehicle he was a passenger in from leaving the parking lot, he called the police, who arrived, searched his bag and found he hadn't stolen anything. The officer then asked for Michael's driver's license, which he declined to provide since he wasn't operating a motor vehicle. The officer then arrested him, and upon finding out Michael was legally right about not having to provide a license, went ahead and charged him with 'obstructing official business' anyways."

3 of 1,972 comments (clear)

  1. Nazi Pricks by binary+paladin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let me be the first to say, fuck the police.

  2. When you must show your identification by bloatboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As far as I recall (IANAL), you are only required to show your identification to law enforcement when pulled over while operating a motor vehicle, or entering the country from another country.

  3. The city is dying by prakslash · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Things just keep getting worse for CC.

    First there was the fiasco of laying off experienced sales staff.
    Then they closed 62 stores in Canada and a bunch in the US.
    Their stock has dropped 50% from a high of about $20 in Jan/Feb to about $10 now.
    Then, there was the NYTimes article recently how retailers like CC are overstocked on Flat-Panel HDTVs that they can't get rid off - a problem that will only get worse as prices drop even more for Christmas-time sales.

    Now, there's news like this about customers geting into trouble ouside their store.

    Looks like the devil has 'em tagged and their days are numbered.