Except that he wasn’t put in handcuffs for eating a sandwich, he was put in cuffs for thinking he did not have to obey the law, or the lawful direction of the officer while yelling at him. Had he simply put the sandwich away or stepped to a place he could lawfully eat it, this would have never occurred. You can say the law is silly, and maybe it is, but these laws are usually made at the complaints of people who are affected. If you don’t like the law, change it.
So why was the cop trying to take his bag at the beginning? To search it? Because he had probably cause to suspect he was carrying dessert with him too? Perhaps a nice key lime pie? Or perhaps this ridiculous law gives cops pretext to selectively harass people based on nothing actually bad being done.
[Except that he wasn’t put in handcuffs for eating a sandwich, he was put in cuffs for thinking he did not have to obey the law]
How did he know there was a law? As the woman filming said, there’s no sign on the platform indicating as such. Should he just be a good sheep and do what authority tells him to?
lawfully eat your sandwich?
No thanks. I’ll just not visit that loony bin of a state.
It hardly resembles America anymore.
You're damned right. I ALWAYS instantly obey a sociopathic, black gloved, skinheaded, 'roided thug who has the permission of the Party to shoot me for any or no reason, just because. He will be given a couple of months of paid vacation, and a medal, for killing me.
Mad dogs on power trips must be treated with caution.