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I doubt this is as much of a problem of the police officers as the American legal system. Surely the cost of a movie ticket is better settled in a small claims

I doubt this is as much of a problem of the police officers as the American legal system. Surely the cost of a movie ticket is better settled in a small claims court than with police intervention and a criminal case. The theatre would have surely got their money even without going to court, now they get nothing instead. It's perverse, just like debtor's prison, which is still practiced in the United States. I think the police officers in these cases are mostly just acting out what the legal system expects them to do.

icebraining 8y ago
Eh, I'm not sure there was a "criminal case". The cops were working as security staff of the place, not on duty; seems reasonable that they would have a word with someone trying to break the movie theater rules. It's the escalation from "having a word" to "forcible removal" to "on the floor not breathing" that is absurd.
- M_Bakhtiari 8y ago
  They stil acted as if there was. But the worst thing the kid could be accused of is being in breach of contract for seeing more screenings than indicated on his ticket. Besides, it would make a lot more business sense to take it as an opportunity to sell more tickets rather than to remove him.