Walmart told the police I shoplifted, even doctored videos to 'prove' I hadn't paid for the item. The item was $14 keyboard (on sale for 7.50). They told the police I shoplifted some gaming keyboard worth over the felony limit (like Walmart carries $500 keyboards...).

I was preparing to move out of the country within the next few months so any kind of charge like that would have meant I literally could not leave the United States ever.

The cops would not drop the case, even though I had a receipt.

I had to get a lawyer I could not afford (he ended up working pro bono for me thank God) in order to get Walmart to leave me alone.

Really made a mess out of my life at the time.

Pretty easy to boycott Walmart from a country where there are no Walmarts, but I do it anyway.