The X post showed police detaining a teen at a Walmart after managers asked for her vest back. The video captured officers repeatedly urging the teen to hand over the vest and leave peacefully.

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    One commenter who sided with the teen wrote, “To beat up a human being mercilessly for a dirty plastic vest. The cops will never arrest a tax-dodging millionaires but spring into action like Viagra fed hares and jump on a hapless person and try to escalate it into a slaughter.” They further called out the original poster for supporting the arrest…

    “This is f—— stupid. You take it out of her last check since you still owe her money, it is impossible for her to steal from you,” one comment said, “Charge the company with creating a false police report.”

    Only decent comments in the article.

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    Yet I see shit all the time where things like someones thousand dollar bike is stolen and they are just told by police to eat dirt because theres nothing they can do.

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      someones thousand dollar bike is stolen and they are just told by police to eat dirt because theres nothing they can do

      For anyone who finds themselves in that situation, here’s the cheat code:

      No: “Hey, police? My bike was stolen and I know exactly who took it and where it is. Can you get it back for me?”

      Yes: “Hey, police? My bike was stolen and I’m going right now to get it back. You can come along and watch if you want.”

      And then they’ll actually show up. Which can be nice because the thief is unlikely to try shit if the cops are there observing things.

      Source: I’ve had to do this several times myself. Worked every time.

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    Walmart vests are company property, and refusing to return one after termination can lead to criminal charges.

    No they can’t, that’s civil and theft is almost always strict intent.

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    ESH but Walmart sucks a lot more. By all Means fire him because he quit? But sue him for the $12.99 for the vest. There shouldn’t be criminal charges over something this small, and let them see what it costsnto recover their $12.99