How do you stretch a cop asking someone to comply with the Metro rules and stip searching my grandma? The DC Metro has an escalator to ride down to reach the train platforms (actually two seperate rides down depending on the train). It is not asking too much to finish eating a candy bar and disposing of the wrapper before entering the Metro escalator. Courtesy to your fellow travelers trumps your candy (or coffee drinking) when specifically asked to not eat or drink on the escalator or in the trains.
The "broken window" rule applies here: Fix the broken window right away and keep the neighborhood neat and clean and you deter further crime. In the same way, we keep the Metro free of food wrapper trash we alleviate other issues like graffiti.
So you support Metro police arresting every chewing person entering the station?
Again, I see no law that was broken.
Seems she obeyed the letter of the law, even if it pissed off a cop.
BIG DEAL.