Man Handcuffed for Eating Sandwich in Violation of Tyrannical Calif. Law (VIDEO)

The Western Journal ^ | Nov. 13 2019 | C. Douglas Golden

[Responsibility2nd]

You get it.

Most FReepers just post knee-jerk responses about how its OK to poop in the streets but not eat a sandwich.

Or worse, lots of Freepers here just post the usual “cops are scum” responses.

The guy clearly wanted to stage an incident. He wanted to go to jail. He created a problem and showed this world his asshat.

Did it shine a light on a stupid law? Yes. Were mistakes made by the cops also? Yes again.

But the main point of this cunning little stunt was clear. Sandwich guy is an idiot.

[ifinnegan]

I saw the video. He wasn’t handcuffed for eating.

He refused to put the food away as if the law doesn’t apply to him.

Just another entitled Democrat Socialist who thinks rules apply to others, not him.

There’s no smoking on the platform or train either. What if he was smoking and refused to stop?

[Robert DeLong]

Don’t blame the police, blame the legislators. They create the laws that the police are required to enforce.

[The Antiyuppie]

A lot of cities have zero-tolerance rules on public transport, Atlanta, for one. I always marvel how nicely kept Atlanta’s public transportation is. Of course, in Atlanta, you can’t evacuate yourself in public, because those people there actually have some sense.

[The Antiyuppie]

“He should have explained that since it’s perfectly OK for him to take a crap there, he was just engaging in the necessary precursor activity, and to arrest him for eating a sandwich is to deny him his right to later poop in public.”

To lawyers, this is an absolutely logical line of defense.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

[ Bottom line...when a cop stops you co-operate. Period. ]

Remember this when they come for your guns...

[oh8eleven]

For some reason, there’s a prohibition on eating or drinking ...
People are pigs. Their eating generates lots of garbage and that leads to RATS - the four legged kind - and that leads to infestation and disease.

[ThunderSleeps]

That’s what I was thinking. Defecating probably would not have gotten him in trouble - as long as he looked homeless, or Muslim, Hispanic, LGBQTXYZ... Good thing California has this whole rampant sandwich thing under control. Diety-knows that’s far more important than solving those other petty issues like homelessness, drug use, water shortages, power outages, illegal immigration, wildfires... Yes sir, California “leadership” sure has their eye on the ball, taking care of what is really important... (does that even need a sarcasm tag?)

[chuckb87]

True but these retards here vote for that shit then get indignant when it hits them in the face. Sandwich boy should think about how he votes.

[oh8eleven]

I ride BART. 99.9% of the riders appreciate the cops enforcing the clearly posted law.
I was in the DC Metro subway a few years ago and some woman was eating a sandwich out of a brown paper bag.
From across two sets of tracks a cop yells at her to put away the sandwich or he'll be over to write a ticket.
She complied and most everyone nearby applauded.

[~Vor~]

"You can take a bodacious Obama on the street, but you cannot eat a sandwich on already dirty public transportation."

Maybe their thinking is that if they stop the eating the "bodacious Obama's" will stop too...?

[Redwood71]

“Stories like this make it tough to support police....”

You might be aiming this in the wrong direction. The cops are not to blame for the enforcement of a law they were a small piece of in it’s creation. Blame the California voters for putting people in place that do things like this.

But to compound the problem, is the pandering of laws and a point of inconsistent enforcement:

According to BART’s general manger, “The officer was doing his job but context is key,” his statement read. “Enforcement of infractions such as eating and drinking inside our paid area should not be used to prevent us from delivering on our mission to provide safe, reliable, and clean transportation. We have to read each situation and allow people to get where they are going on time and safely.”

In other words, we looked bad when it was enforced, a law we knew was on the books, so we want to “just get along” and only enforce it when we don’t want to harm are bottom line. If it’s a law, follow it or get it off the books. You can’t go half way and expect it to work at either half.

rwood

[fproy2222]

Because they are not following one set of laws now it seem like some Freepers want them to disregard more laws.

This cop was doing his job. Instead of pissing on him, we should be encouraging other cops and their boses to do their jobs for public good.

[Surrounded_too]

Could be hangover from 911 fearing toxin WMD in sandwich spread via dropped

residue and tracked everywhere by other passengers’ feet. Lucky he wasn’t

shot the way cops are antsy. He’s lucky they didn’t plant anything illegal in his

bag. Being a minority is in his favor as some favored entity will come to his

defense. If he was white, he would be expendable. He probably voted for the

Communists who enabled this stupid law to exist. Elections have consequences

and his votes came back to haunt him.

[Zhang Fei]

[People are pigs. Their eating generates lots of garbage and that leads to RATS - the four legged kind - and that leads to infestation and disease. ]

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Why not extend that prohibition to city streets? How about prohibiting it in cars, since motorists have this way of throwing garbage out the window? I don’t have strong feelings on the subject, but it’s a little odd that public transit has this special carve-out. It would be nice if we could exclude people with really strong body odor, though (i.e. bums who haven’t showered in weeks).

[caww]

That’s a stretch from eating a sandwhich....

[yesthatjallen]

I'm tired of this anti-cop narratives.

The rule is no eating in the stations and on the trains.

The REASON this rule exists is because people treat the stations and trains like a garbage can.

There are people who bring bags of Burger King, Subway, and single slice pizza boxes, eat the food on the train, and when they get to their stop, they drop the trash on the seats and floor and walk of the train.

The people supporting this guy are the same people, who if they rode these trains, would be screaming how the stations and trains are full of trash (and rats).

This guy isn't a 'hero fighting an unjust law'. He's a class-A pr*ck who was flouting the rules and goading the police; likely for a big payoff after the lawsuit.

I've read comments, 'he's just a guy eating on his way to work'. Try this, 'he a good boy. He ain't never done nothin' wrong.'

[yesthatjallen]

I'm stunned how people are supporting this low-life pr*ck instead of the transit officer who was trying maintain order and enforce a common sense rule.

This creep was flouting the rules and goading the police and people here are taking his side because 'he was just some guy eating on his way to work.'

The rule, 'no eating in the station and on the trains', is there for a reason. Creeps like this use the stations and trains as trash cans, dropping their bags, boxes, and used napkins in the stations and on the trains, walking away, and expecting someone else to clean-up their mess.

The people supporting this guy have no idea of the low-lifes that abuse the system because they believe they can without consequences.

The same people supporting this creep are the same people who won't ride mass transit because of the trash, the rats, and the bums.

[BraveMan]

[DPMD]

He was doing his job. So was Ivan the Terrible at Treblinka. The good news is that applications for official waivers are not available for chewing gum on BART.