I think I follow the question: If performed by civil servants, it is a civil rights (i.e., Constutional) issue; if performed by a private citizen, it is either criminal or civil, depending on the offense.sjfcontrol wrote:What would WHAT be? Requesting to see your receipt by a Walmart drone? It would be a request. You can decline. (Something you can't do with a government agent.)C-dub wrote:Huh, how about that? What would it be then, assault?
Maybe I'm lost. I'm really not sure what your asking.
However, my thinking went a bit differently today (as always...): How was security performed at airports, trains, ships, etc., during WWII? It was a known fact that there were any number of enemy agents in the U.S., whose job was to gain intelligence but also to harass their enemy by blowing up anything (and anyone) they saw to demoralize Americans (in fact, it did just the opposite, once the U.S. was officially involved). Most Americans saw some inconveniences, but generally went through their lives as they had done before (realizing that they had not entirely recovered from the 20th Century Depression).
As I recall (from the History my parents taught me), most American citizens were treated with all due respect by civilian and military law enforcement personnel, and were treated the same in return.
And, yes, I also wonder if TSA agents are considered law enforcement personnel. I don't recall LEO training as being a prerequisite for those positions (I suspect they are mostly re-badged private personnel from the original contractor).
