A slighT over-reaction if there ever was one. Like the reasoning behind their suspicion is justified but it would've taken mere minutes to check whether the device was even on or if it had been used to record any of the movie instead of interrogating the damn guy for hours.

I feel like incidents like this will become increasingly common as the popularity of wearable tech increases. It's literally only a matter of time.

justified reasoning but they could've just asked to see if he was recording it discreetly

Justified reasoning but unjustified for him to go through personal photos.

Sounds like they were doing their job.

I'm confused as to what a Google Glass is.

Exactly

Why would they interrogate him for hours BEFORE checking his device?
Could have been resolved in less than 10 minutes.

Interrogated for hours over a movie when they could have checked to see if he was recording it?
I mean I understand their suspicion but that was a overreaction.

He could have easily been recording. Sounds fair to me

SUSPICION of movie piracy with no evidence is NOT a reason to detain someone for hours. This is absolute abuse of power and honestly scares me.

So it's fair that they hauled him out of the theatre, accused him of illegally recording the movie, then detained and interrogated him for several hours without any actual evidence when the faster, fairer and more logical thing to do would've been simply to check his Glass device straight away for any real proof of film piracy?

Right.

At least he's got free movie tickets!

Tbh I don't even think they had the probable cause to even check his device, let alone detain him, which makes this all the more outrageous.

To rephrase, I think it's fair that they detained him, but I agree with others that they should have checked his glasses first before interrogating if they felt the need afterwards.

But yeah, if I worked in the theatre and I saw someone with the glasses, I would have thought the same thing these employees did. Sorry.

This is ridiculous. The glasses are multifunctional. Would it be justified if someone hauled you away because you had your iPhone at a movie? After all, you COULD be recording.
This is why probable cause exists and guess what, they didn't have it.

If I had my iPhone out pointed at the screen, then yeah it would be justified to haul me away lol.

Perhaps he's got the explorer edition or something.

Movie theaters are privately owned. They don't have to do anything of that sort.