for being incompetent.

We all know that if you're going to try to shoplift something, you don't go with something easily concealable like luxury clothing or jewelry; or something in great demand on the black market like power tools; but something of very little worth, bulky, and heavy, like huge bags of playground sand!

heh

I know. I know... The question is mainly rhetorical.

...especially to people using the self-checkout for some reason.

I don’t get a discount for doing someone’s job.

In the long run, the store could cut staff and someone could end up losing their job.

And now it seems a person could actually get arrested for using it even if they had a receipt. I hope this man’s family wins a big settlement from Walmart and whoever is responsible for the police department.

Now the cops are in cahoots in the intelligence department

Saying that "Wal Mart employees are not the brightest bunch" sounds like elitism to me. Maybe that's because I'm not the brightest guy. Or maybe its because most of us know someone that works at Wal Mart. Like my wifes good friend who needed a job. They are mostly good people who need jobs and just do what they are told by management.

I don't go to Walmart anymore, or very rarely. I will not use self-checkout because every trip the red light trips and then someone 18 years old has to come and check that I'm not trying to steal something. At that point, your life is in the hands of a high-school student. Not that they're bad people, just that they're not the brightest.

But go ahead, keep up making excuses.

as well as the cops who arrested them were MAGAts. Just saying, it's probably a pretty open and shut case of over-the-top stupidity all around. But if something lethal had happened to those guys in jail, would it have been like a conspiracy to commit involuntary homicide? (is that a thing?)

BTW, since we're, all of us every day, subject to petty authorities and brutally stupid enforcement at any time, it's a good idea to keep one's receipts handy. Seriously, in your pocket until you get home, and even then, keep them for a week or so. (You can't return stolen stuff or complain about broken merchandise without a receipt.) Just because you don't see your yellow arm band doesn't mean it's not there.

Walmart should have had videos of him in line to buy the sand and the
proof of his purchase of the material. I hope he sues the shit out of
Walmart and the sheriff’s department.

Only cash. I prefer humans I don't appreciate unpaid work at risk.