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13251139, Good points
Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Tue Apr-17-18 03:01 PM
Thanks for responding.

I would say this situation is a lot more straightforward than your hypotheticals. The owner says they are trespassing.
What is trespassing? Being on someone's property without permission.
It seems to me that whenever the owner makes the declaration that he doesn't want you there, you are trespassing if you don't leave immediately.

The police then come to enforce the trespassing violation. There is no he said/she said or evidence to disentangle. The police are witnessing the violation when they arrive.

I wouldn't say it is within the scope of the police's job to determine whether the removal of the two guys was a civil rights violation.
But it is within his scope to determine if they are in the store against the owner's wishes.