We know that
we live in a society that loves to sue at the drop of a hat
In
Tallahassee at Academy Sports we saw a classic example of that
Jason White
had asked to look at a pistol and with it tried to flee
“Stop that
man” was shouted by another employee
Dean Crouch,
an assistant manager, stopped White in his tracks
To hold
until the police could come and cuff him with his hands in back
News did not
indicate why White tried to grab the gun and run
A good guess
might be that he was a felon and his chance of passing a background test was none
Crouch
should be a hero to have prevented another gun making its way to the streets
Where an unsuspecting
defenseless victim of criminal activity
it would meet
Guess again
as that hero accolade would not exist due to a store decree
Employees
cannot lay hands on a shopper even if a thief trying to flee
Crouch was
suspended, then fired, had to put his home up for sale
Why the
policy that has resulted in this sad and tragic tale?
Was if for
the concern that an employee might be hurt
In a
shoplifting incident trying to avert?
Perhaps but
I think it would be a better guess
A likely
lawsuit by an alleged thief the store wanted to suppress
At the drop
of a hat and with a wife and two small kids out of a job
All for
stepping up an stopping a thief who was trying to rob
© July 11,
2018 Michael P. Ridley
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