That's my impression as well. Too bad Quannel doesn't realize involving himself actually detracts from the subject he's trying to 'support'. Anyways, this is a lousy situation and I for one am not surprised this is coming from Walmart. Time to cash in.
How does she spend two days in jail at the insistance of Walmart? Are they running the jails, or do the police have a say? Can I call the cops on a customer I'm suspicious about and have them spend a couple of days in jail until the DA concludes the charges are bogus? This is a power I didn't know retailers had.
that's just bureaucracy working. it's not like on tv where there's an officer handling your case every second.
What bureaucracy? First off...why is she in jail at all? Even if the charges are legit -- why would they hold her overnight on this type of thing? Second...it's law enforcement's call. If it's as straight forward as it seems, and she explained and proved her side...the police guys are negligent in laying the charges. That's their call. Regardless of what the WM manager insists. The WM manager may be an ass. ANd if he/she continually harassed people of a certain race and WM allowed this to happen they should be liable for something....BUT....the jail time....that's not their deal.
She was in jail because of the amount of the money orders. She was charged with a felony so the police are not going to let you walk away from that.
You are in your right to question this... but we all know and you can't deny Q-tip is a tool for "race-motivated" staged activist moves. He wouldn't show up for anything else.
I knew customer service was bad in Wal-Mart, but dang. Target is much better all around. Just shop there. I haven't had one normal experience with walmart.com, and the Wal-Mart stores make it seem like you have to search for a non defective product
But if there's a manager of the store that issues the money orders willing to swear under penalty of perjury that the money orders that he should be familiar with and should be able to tell forgeries from legitimate ones says the money orders are forgeries, why would the police suspect anything else? It doesn't appear that she had the receipts with her at the time and could only prove her innocence at a later date. Sure it is. The system is designed to act upon complaints. The police had an apparent sworn statement from the representative of the alleged victim, so they arrested the alleged perpetrator and began the process. It can take a significant amount of time just to be processed through a big city jail and be brought before a judge who can set bail (or have the DA's office step in and drop the charges). Years ago, I once got arrested on a Friday night for an outstanding traffic ticket in Fort Worth. It was Sunday morning before I was processed through their system and allowed to bail myself out (and I didn't even have to appear before a judge in that case).
Well there you go. I learned something new today. Didn't know they could jail you if you were not a danger to yourself or others. I thought you'd be booked and given a court date. Soo....like others here...I shall continue to not shop at Wal-Mart. And I certainly won't be accepting Wal-Mart money orders as currency.
I wouldn't count on this being a quick pay day - Walmart has a no settle policy. They force all of their cases to trial in order to create a disincentive to sue. Moreover, without more information you can't say that it is an open and shut case. It depends on why the manager believed them to be counterfit - something the article doesn't really explain. If the manager had a good faith basis to believe them to be counterfit - you'd have trouble proving a wrongful prosecution or wrongful imprisonment case. By no means am I suggesting Wal-Mart was in the right here, anytime an innocent person spends time in jail its a travesty. I'm just saying it might not be easy to get rich off of this as many here seem to think. Walmart is craftier (when it comes to protecting themselves) than most think.
Quannel knows very well what he's doing - it just has nothing to do with supporting issues of race. He's always about getting himself paid, nothing more nothing less.
This is the WalMart in my neighborhood. I only go there when there is an after-hours emergency...like my coffee grinder not working at 4:00 AM.
