Current Events > 4 cops arrest man for eating a sandwich.

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TMOG posted...

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If he was looking for a drunk woman, then he should have made that his priority.

008Zulu posted...

If he was looking for a drunk woman, then he should have made that his priority.

Clearly a black man with a McMuffin was the bigger threat to everyone's safety. He could have dropped crumbs!

Man eating sandwich belongs behind bars

Sorry but I think that the officer had every right to arrest that man as he was breaking the law.

It is quite clearly posted that you can't eat or drink so why should that man think those rules do not apply to him.

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No one should be arrested for not showing ID.

SHRlKE posted...

No one should be arrested for not showing ID.

If your pulled over yeah fork over your id. But if your justvstanding there or just walking your under no obligation to show them your I'd. A name and address should be enough

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And why did he need to show ID to eat a sandwich?

CassandraCroft posted...

Sorry but I think that the officer had every right to arrest that man as he was breaking the law.

It is quite clearly posted that you can't eat or drink so why should that man think those rules do not apply to him.

The place that sold the food even tells people that you can buy food and take it but not to eat it in the station

Oh yeah, that's right. I remember this story. 3 years old lol

there was a sign saying not to eat in the area so i dont really care

TMOG posted...

And why did he need to show ID to eat a sandwich?

As petty as it is. There is a Muni code(law) that states no food. If a subject is eating food there, then he is technically breaking a law there. That establishes probable cause for an officer to conduct a person stop on the subject. During a lawful detention of an investigation, if you are asked to identify yourself, you MUST identify yourself.

different places have different laws. IDs, birthday, name, social. Refusing to ID yourself would be whatever form of obstruction that city has a law.

He doesnt need an ID to eat a sandwich. Yes, its a dumb law

At least he wasn't shot at for eating a burger in his car.

arrested for eating a sandwich, yeah sure

iPhone_7 posted...

arrested for eating a sandwich, yeah sure

No see, it's completely different and justified because the cop who was called out for a more serious issue decided to power trip on a black guy who was minding his own business and not actually harming anybody

Sure the drunk woman he was called about might have been potentially violent or created an actual safety hazard on the train but this guy didn't show his ID

While it's very fucking stupid, that sign is there for a reason. If it says not to eat at the platform, why are you eating? He didn't get arrested for eating a sandwich, he got arrested for refusing to give his ID after he was confronted by a cop for not following the rules that are clearly displayed.

It's stupid, the cop overreacted, but the biggest idiot in this story seems to be the sandwich eater. How are people surprised when they are confronted for breaking rules? As far as I know, those rules aren't there for decoration.

winged_weltall posted...

He didn't get arrested for eating a sandwich, he got arrested for refusing to give his ID after he was confronted by a cop for not following the rules that are clearly displayed.

And why did the cop want him to show his ID instead of just telling him "no eating on the platform" and moving on like literally everybody else would in that situation? What exactly makes showing an ID necessary for something as incredibly minor as this? Is his ID going to have "is allowed to eat on the platform" printed on it?

Love the misleading topic titles.

also - Cops. Dont. Legislate. Laws.

their job is to enforce the law.

if you hate stupid laws stop voting stupid legislators into office who draft these stupid ordinances and laws.

TMOG posted...

And why did the cop want him to show his ID instead of just telling him "no eating on the platform" and moving on like literally everybody else would in that situation? What exactly makes showing an ID necessary for something as incredibly minor as this? Is his ID going to have "is allowed to eat on the platform" printed on it?

My guess is to see if he has any active warrants on him or something.

TMOG posted...

And why did the cop want him to show his ID instead of just telling him "no eating on the platform" and moving on like literally everybody else would in that situation? What exactly makes showing an ID necessary for something as incredibly minor as this? Is his ID going to have "is allowed to eat on the platform" printed on it?

Probably because he was being a piece of shit to the cop after the cop told him not to eat on the platform. Plenty of cops are assholes, but people are fucking horrible to cops as well. I'm sure if the guy apologized, stopped eating, or left the platform to finish whatever he was eating, none of this would have happened. Most likely the cop wouldn't even have asked for his ID. I'm surprised I even have to explain this to you.

weird ass Cali laws

anything goes on the TTC

I remember once, a dude took out a sandwich on the bus and took real big crunchy bites out of it. The lady next to him was like "damn you're really eating that sandwich". She gave him that look, like she wanted to be the sandwich. Then the bus driver told him to stop so he got off at the next stop and he was still eating the sandwich.

TMOG posted...

And why did the cop want him to show his ID instead of just telling him "no eating on the platform" and moving on like literally everybody else would in that situation? What exactly makes showing an ID necessary for something as incredibly minor as this? Is his ID going to have "is allowed to eat on the platform" printed on it?

Needed identification to write a citation after the guy refused the warning to obey state law.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/us/bart-eating-platform-apologizes.html

BARTs general manager, Bob Powers, said in a statement that eating in the paid area is banned and there are multiple signs inside every station saying as much and that the officer, who is white, asked the rider, who is black, not to eat while he was on the platform responding to another call.

It should have ended there, but it didnt, he added, explaining that the man did not stop eating and the officer moved forward with the process of issuing him a citation.

Mr. Powers said the man who was eating refused to provide identification and cursed at and made homophobic slurs at the officer who remained calm through out the entire engagement.

Am I missing something here?

The man was violating a law, the officer was going to issue a citation to the man for violating said law.

In order to issue the citation, the officer needs the identification of the offending party.

The man refused to provide identification, and was detained according to California Law.

BloodMoon7 posted...

I remember once, a dude took out a sandwich on the bus and took real big crunchy bites out of it. The lady next to him was like "damn you're really eating that sandwich". She gave him that look, like she wanted to be the sandwich. Then the bus driver told him to stop so he got off at the next stop and he was still eating the sandwich.

U wot m8

I'm gonna have a very unpopular take:

I used to take BART everyday, usually arpund 5 am, and back in the afternoon. People trash that train with their food so much, and at some point I gave up on sitting (this was before the needles). Either woke up earlier to eat my food before going to the station or waited after my 3 hour commute to my destination.

I don't want to write up a picture, but a lot of people who did that really came with the mentality of being above everything, some being friends I grew up with.

Skip fare gates and stuff, don't be surprised if enforcement and price hikes kick in. BART and whoever is just trying to not have their spaces trashed for everyone to use. This guy sounds like a prime example. Breaking that simple law and then thinking he can protest it.

https://i.imgur.com/nITSDeP.mp4

SHRlKE posted...

No one should be arrested for not showing ID.

This. Unless someone is committing a crime they should not have to speak with or interact with a police officer if they dont want to

Messed up. You know the reason why he was arrested wasnt because he was eating but because the color of his skin.

Crazy California legislators probably think a bird will get high cholesterol if someone drops a breakfast sandwich crumb hence the law

VampireCoyote posted...

This. Unless someone is committing a crime they should not have to speak with or interact with a police officer if they dont want to

I mean...he was committing a crime. People also shouldn't use homophobic slurs too

What this probably doesn't show is:
"Hey man come on there's a sign right there that says 'No Eating'."
*angry wtf response*
"Yes I know but it's the law"
*another angry wtf response*
"Come on man just put away the sandwich and eat it when you get to wherever you're going"
*escalates more*
"Okay man I need to see some ID"
*more escalation*
*passerby turns on camera as policeman starts to get irritated*
"POLICE BRUTALITY, ABUSE OF POWER"