Strong Arm Robbery, My A**...

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96. I would like to hear the clerk's account of what happened in the store

For one thing, the two young men went up to the check out counter as if they were ready to pay for the items. Shoplifters don't do that. I wonder if the clerk refused to sell them the cigars because the men were underage or didn't have ID to prove their age?

I don't know about Missouri law concerning tobacco products, but Florida law on alcoholic beverages puts the onus on the clerk. If the clerk does not check ID, the clerk can be arrested for selling alcohol to minors or for simply not checking the ID. Florida LE frequently runs stings with underage people to catch clerks of convenience store slacking off.

If Michael and Dorian were willing to pay - Dorian put the box Michael handed him on the counter - and the clerk refused to sell them the items, I can see teenagers thinking they were justified for taking them and getting angry when the clerk tried to stop them.

Just some things that have occurred to me since watching the video yesterday.