Comment by frumplestlatz
3 days ago
Shopkeeper’s privilege exists as long-standing common law doctrine for a reason. No business should be forced to tolerate theft, or be forced to pay off-duty police officers to prevent it.
And no one is compelled to be a security guard; if the risks and pay don’t align, they’re free to walk away.
I had never heard of 'shopkeeper's privilege' but looked it up [1] and yes, seems to be a real thing in the United States and nowhere else, according to a quick scan of that wiki article.
More evidence to me that the US was set up to serve corporatist interests over pretty much everything (and everyone) else. Why else provide shopkeepers with some special legal status? (Which again, they don't have in any other country.)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopkeeper%27s_privilege
Don't forget people used to live in shops and castle doctrine also applies