I have asked this question on this and other threads... but so far no one can answer..
How would the ABC agents have any idea how old the young lady was at the time of purchase?
Excellent question, and also, even if it had been beer, would the infraction merit the response appropriate to a bank robbery or the abduction of a child?
When I was 18, my friends and I weren’t buying beer.....it was a whole bunch of other stuff - but I don’t recall the cops being like that in the East Village or Haight Ashbury where people smoked reefer openly in the street.
Doesn’t matter to the police. They have watched far too many films and all think of themselves as Eddie Murphy or Steven Segal.
The appalling standard of baseline knowledge for high school and college graduates isn’t just about literature and history; it’s also about a lack of perspective.
In other words, they aren’t really adults so expecting adult behavior is futile.