What rights do bouncers/night club security have?
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What rights do bouncers/night club security have?
My date and I were picked up and carried by several bouncers through a mall and far away from a club. Are they legally allowed to do this? We were not violent in anyway and we commited no crimes.
Asked on January 1, 2012 under Personal Injury, California
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Employees of night clubs who are bouncers and club security have no more nights than you or me as to having people leave the grounds of a business establishment. Bouncers and night club security are not law enforcement personnel typically allowed to carry a concealed weapon.
Whether or not the bouncers and/or night club security was legally allowed to carry you the way you have written is an issue of a criminal nature. From what you have written, you and your date were inconvenienced and perhaps even embarrassed about being picked up and carried. However, I see no actual damages in terms of dollars and cents that you suffered.
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