Question

Pursuant to the​ video, if the news reporter had challenged the reasonableness of her detention by the Coach​ store, Coach could have claimed the​ __________, which is also known as merchant protection statutes according to the book.

Answer 1

Shopkeeper's privilege is a law in some parts of the US in which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property