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Valiantheart t1_ir28mcv wrote

Reply to comment by ryclarky in Ram's linebacker, Bobby Wagner, tackles a fan that ran onto the field by homefree122

You have a minimal right to protect yourself at your place of work.

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ryclarky t1_ir589z4 wrote

Really? Any sources on that? I've heard numerous stories of store employees accosting shoplifters getting summarily fired by their employers. Shoplifting seems like a worse offense than running onto a football field. And stopping a shoplifter seems a lot more tame than a pro athlete in peak physical condition and full pads tackling someone in shorts and a tshirt.

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Valiantheart t1_ir5v46t wrote

That is the store policy to protect themselves from lawsuits. That has nothing to do with legal rights to protect yourself.

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ryclarky t1_ir7saa5 wrote

And how was he "protecting himself" from some rando just running around on the field? Was the dude going after him in particular? Was he somehow a threat?

Answers to all of that are no. Bobby is going to get sued and lose a decent chunk of money. It was a stupid thing to do and he deserves what he gets.

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