A man ate a sandwich while waiting for a train in San Francisco, where they don’t arrest shoplifters or people shooting up heroin in public. He was detained by a police officer. When he argued with the officer, three other officers arrived, and one handcuffed him.
CNN reports:
In the video posted on social media, the Bay Area Rapid Transit policeman told the man, later identified as Steve Foster, that eating on the platform is against state law. The officer keeps his hand on Foster’s backpack while Foster angrily addresses the camera and the officer.
Shoplifting is okay:
San Francisco grocery stores need to double latch basic items because people won’t stop shoplifting and the police won’t do anything about it. pic.twitter.com/TzIGDJVTIq
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 14, 2024
Foster insisted he was doing nothing wrong and refused to give his name. The November 4 incident escalated, and Foster was handcuffed when a second officer arrived at the train platform.
“I’m definitely upset, mad, a little frustrated, angry about it,” Foster told CNN affiliate KGO.
BART spokesperson Alicia Trost said Monday that an officer issued a citation to Foster but did not arrest him. “The court will determine level of fine he should pay,” she said.
He has to pay a fine!
Drugs are allowed:
Something you won’t see on you local news.
This is San Francisco. 18 DEATHS YESTERDAY!
Here is body of 24 year old kid who was housed by the Larkin Youth Services. The drugs won. pic.twitter.com/TTXICvsaF5
— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) September 2, 2023
BART General Manager Bob Powers was sorry people were upset by the video. However, he said the man was told not to eat on the train but didn’t stop eating, so the officer started writing a citation.
Mr. Foster then cursed at the officer and used a homophobic slur.
The officer takes his job seriously. They should put him on the drug or shoplifting detail. He’s being wasted on train detail.
Dude got arrested for eating a sandwich while waiting for a train pic.twitter.com/pwj2wm0peR
— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) July 2, 2024
He should sue. If you are placed in handcuffs and not allowed to leave, you have been arrested whether or not the cop says the magic words.
If you are going to eat a samich in public, make sure you are shooting up with the other hand. This is the only way you can avoid being arrested for the samich.
In Night of the Living Dead SanFran Shitto cops suck too. The country needs an enema so stick the nozzle in the Pelosi household.
Should have told the cop he stole the sandwich, he is homeless and this space is my home.
That cop is too much of a pathetic wuss to go after real criminals committing violent crimes, but a guy eating a sammich….on the platform?
Those of you that have decided to remain in Kalifornia, especially cesspools like San Sicko and LA, deserve every bit of that and more.
The sympathy train left the station longggggg ago. Buh Bye!
I find public eating to be disgusting. Any place that bans eating things in public is OK with me.
I would have arrested his *ss and thrown him in jail.
Oh, you poor little snowflake! Want to throw people in jail for offending your petty sensibilities. Such a pitiful twit.
I once rode in a NYC subway car in a quad seat with a morbidly obese woman eating chicken from a bucket. Not only was the food strewn all over the seats and floor. She had pieces of chicken on her chest. I don’t ride public transportation because of slobs like you. Eating food creates pollution and attracts pests like… Read more »
You chose to sit there, karen. If there were seats available, there was plenty of room to stand.
Only pigs and the ignorant eat on public transportation Zippy. You need to do something about your pinhead.
So, people cannot eat at picnics, ball games, outdoor cafes, totalitarian?
On public transportation no, when did a bus or train become a dining car?
I don’t eat in public unless it happens at an event designed for consumption.
Next time you are out, watch people eat it is gross, which is my opinion.
Then don’t watch, karen.
I don’t.
What if someone has low blood sugar due to a medical condition, like diabetes?
We should use civil disobedience for unjust laws.
You are an evil person.
We all sprang from apes, but you didn’t spring far enough
Talked to your analyst about this aberration?
You just can’t make this $h!t up.