Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in North Carolina

No, the store employee can reasonably detain you and call the police. The police may then search your person and your purse.

If I am in a store and the sensor goes off, I know I didn't steal anything. I am perfectly willing to hand-over my purse, my bag, and whatever else because I know they won't find anything stolen. If you actually did steal something, you would not want them to search you. So, are you a thief who is wondering how you can be caught? Or is this an innocent situation?

Either way, you probably need a criminal defense attorney.