How to deal with shoplifters
 

I am going to bet he does not shoplift in there again, punk.

No LT, that is harassment and gross.

Theres a reason we have courts and fair trials, you can't take it upon yourself to go and hit and threaten your customers.. not acceptable at all. Can't believe you are supporting this man. It may also be worth thinking why he needed to steal food in the first place.

It may be worth you thinking how much stock small shops like that lose every year to petty thieves. But no, you assume that in a country where people are paid benefits we have to condone people stealing? I don't think so.

I didn't say thieving was okay. I was making the point that if the scenario mentioned was the case then this whole harassment and hitting thing would be even more unjustified. My main point was the bit you ignored, by the way.

he got what he deserved

better that than calling the cops and wasting their time

Ouch!

sometimes a quick sharp shock does the trick.
Saves wasting police time and court costs.
My main worry is if it goes too far.

Set Helen on them

'saves wasting police time'

You guys do realise, that they are literally paid to sort out things like this.. it's like saying you'll put a fire out by spitting on it because you don't want to call the firemen.

Yeahhh I can't support this either

I suppose dealing with it yourself like that saves the police some time to deal with other issues?

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That's what police are for!

Exactly.
It also saves him getting a police record, so win win.

A police record which is supposed to track crimes for public safety...

The guy has no time to waste getting the cops, he runs a business and he knows the cops cant do owt with low lever crime like this

Even though he was shoplifting, he could do the shop guy for assault, was there any need for repeatedly belting him :umm2:

I find that disturbing and the fact there was a little girl there while the shop keeper screams, swears and attacks a person is awful.

It's not a million miles away from those places where people are murdered for being caught stealing, what's the point in the police if this is allowed?

The people on here worry me sometimes.

Why because they have differing opinions to you?

What would the police do? pick the guy up, give him a slap on the wrist and let him free to go and do it again probably, this guy gave him an actual slap and more than likely deterred him from doing that again, or at least, stopped him doing it in his shop.

No because they're literally justifying a guy being verbally and physically harassed.

Not just a guy, a thief stealing from someone's livelihood.

/ how to be a douche

So that gives the shopowner permission to harass him?

Do i think it's the right thing for him to be doing? not particularly, do i blame him for being angry enough to do so? no, neither will i hold it against him or persecute him for it

The reason we have police is to deal with things like this. He could have easily gave them a call. I think the shopkeeper has actually made himself look worse in the video by doing what he did

They are other ways to deal with a shoplifter, this video made me feel sick! Violence is disgusting. The shopkeeper totally went over the top, should have took the things back either take him outside the shop and remember his face for next time or take him in the back and call the police(which most people do) Police are paid for this and it's not wasting their time.