Thank you very much citizenB. I am sorry for posting in the wrong section. regards wolfgang

Hello guys/gals. I am new to this forum and excuse me if I am posting this in the wrong section. My query is relating to an incident that happened in my local co-op today. I was at the checkout waiting to pay for my items and I noticed a guy walking out of the shop with crutches. As soon as he got out the door, a staff member (maybe security or manager because he had a shirt and tie on) walked outside and immediately grabbed him by both arms and dragged him back in to the shop without stopping to say anything to him before performing this action. He then continued to drag him to the back of the shop. Now maybe I am wrong but this seems not a very lawful way to go about things in aprehending a potential shoplifter. I registered my disgust with the staff guy because I thought he was out of hand. He said that the guy was probably not even disabled. The other guy had actually stole some meat product. So some of you may have no sympathy for him. I was really shocked. The staff guy did say sorry to me! I don't know if that is his way of admitting he is in the wrong. Now maybe I should just leave it at that but I really feel deep inside that an injustice was done here. Can anyone shed any light on if the staff guy was acting within his rights. Thank you very much.