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ryclarky t1_ir589z4 wrote

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

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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