Cigarettes sold by the pack have a tax stamp and are a legal product to sell with a retail license. Loose cigarettes are illegal to sell in many, if not most, states.
Selling loosies would normally go unnoticed.
I think the problem was that he was doing it repeatedly in front of a business (on someone else's property) without permission.
The guy doing the videotaping said that Eric broke up a fight, and that is why the cops arrested him. Maybe there was a fight, but what provoked it ? Was it because of him selling loosies ?
If I purchase a pack of cigarettes and want to sell them individually I should have every right to do so. The gov’t doesn’t need to skim off every personal transaction people make. I don’t get why it’s illegal.
did he not pay the tax on the cigs. when he bought them?