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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)The store manager is the authorized agent or representative of the owner. They act with the same authority.
A place of public accommodation is still private property. You seem to not be clear on what those terms mean. Private property simply means property owned by private individuals or private companies, and not owned by the public or government. That includes a place like Starbucks. It is a place of public accommodation on private property.
If they want a person trespassed from a property, then the police must do it.
It is not the job of the police to sit and judge if the reasons for the trespass are good enough. Its only their job to ensure the person wanting them trespassed from the property is legally allowed to from that place, and a store manager is.
Now at that point all the police do is tell the person they are being trespassed and they must leave. If the person leaves then the cops do a report and everyone goes on their way.
If the person refuses to leave after being formally trespassed, then that becomes a criminal violation.
At that point the police must remove them.