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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I, like many regulars on DCUM, am a licensed attorney. Robbery is a specific intent crime. You must have the specific intent to 'steal that which is not yours by threats of violence'. In this case, the security officers were seeking payment for the damage to the gas station. That was there INTENT for legal purposes. There WAS NO ROBBERY under US law. I cannot speak to Brazilian law.

They negotiated a deal with these people. There was no 'robbery'. As a lawyer, it is laughable to hear the repeated chanting of this when there is NO legal basis for it. NONE.[/quote]

Please stop. You're wrong of course. Security guards cannot legally demand payment in the U.S. at gunpoint.  Everyone is a lawyer here. No one is impressed by your argument. But, regardless, this has already been "litigated" on this thread. Let's move on. [/quote]

No. Security guards cannot point guns at you and ask for money in the US. But the crime they would be committing in that instance would not be robbery. That is my point. Words matter in law--and I don't GAF if you're impressed.[/quote]

Well, you kind of sound like you do GAF.  :lol:

(Look, I don't think anyone here is really concerned about what the crime would be technically called in the U.S.  I mean, it would depend on the jurisdiction.)
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The crime would be extortion, in Brazil and here. The Brazilian police declined to investigate whether the Americans may have felt coercion because of having guns drawn on them. [/quote]

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