Just another reason to never go to San Francisco. Adding to that is the newly-elected liberal district attorney who will further make the city unliveable.
No wonder CA is a big crap hole. Instead of cleaning out the riff raff they go after a guy just trying to get to work. Good job, Barney.
Looks staged. That cop’s gun is giving it away + his demeanor.
Fake cop, staged. I suppose one could call it political art.
As the saying goes, he might beat the rap, but he won’t beat the ride. I’ve never understood the logic of swearing at a guy who is carrying gun, depending on his self control to keep one safe.
Good for the transit cops. As one who has used public transit in California I know what kind of scum bags you meet on the trains, trolleys, and on the bus. They do not obey most rules. If there is a trash can two feet away they trow their trash on the ground. There are signs and announcements telling people to keep their feet off of the seats. They walk on sh*t and put their feet on the seats. Homeless bums get on the trolley with no ticket and take up 4 seats for themselves, their dog, their bedding, and their bed bugs. I watched the trolley cops ask a dirt bag for his ticket. He produced an expired ticket. Cop asked for his I.D. so that the cop could write a citation. The guy tells the cop to “f*$k himself.” Cop asks him to put his hands behind his back. He refuses. He resists arrest. Cops roughed him up pretty good until they finally got the handcuffs on him and dragged his rotten ass off of the trolley.
California is a total embarrassment to the United States. I hope the whole country sees this video. If he was crapping on the platform, they wouldn’t even care.
It is illegal to EAT the sandwich, it is not illegal to DEFECATE the sandwich.
Good thing he wasn’t smoking a cigar.
ML/NJ
Reading related articles, Bay Area gentleman allegedly ignored a reasonable warning, later disrespected police and then foolishly dug his hole deeper imo.
Also, title of referenced YouTube video seems to be anti-cop.
Corrections, insights welcome.
Arrested for “Impure Thoughts on a Steamboat Landing.”
Personally, I’m glad he got arrested. Perhaps if you act like a civilized human being, you won’t be arrested. Obviously, the video doesn’t tell the whole story.
Its not the sandwich.. Its the Bag. There is no audio from the police officer..
Typical communist entitled buffoon.
Really have no context what happened prior to this either.
He should have dropped a deuce. They would have left him alone
Unreal. This is the problem with all these laws. They give the cops a pretext to harass whomever they want. I can actually see a safety issue - lots of sandwich drippings might make a slippery platform which might cause a dangerous situation. But it seems like selective prosecution. Littering, yes. Loitering, yes. But is it legal to eat on the train? Is it legal to eat in the station where they sell food? But not on the platform itself. A little bit weird. I’ve taken the pacific surfliner a few times recently and they actually still sell and serve food on that particular train. So it seems a bit confusing.
All that said, the guy just needed to be a little less combative. “I’m sorry officer, I had no idea it was illegal to eat here. I didn’t see the sign. They sold me this food in the terminal. I will gladly move inside the terminal to finish my meal” probably would have avoided a lot of this nonsense.
I wouldn’t live in that crap hole if it was the last place on Earth. I refuse to go there for business.
He was in the wrong. All he needed to do was say sorry, put it back in the bag and wail untill after the train trip to finish it.
And as they are craping inthevstreetsvthey can pull up their pants and finish it later.
I used to love cops. I was raised in a community where we all loved cops.
Now I hate cops. Everybody I know is afraid of cops.
They used to get paid by the local people of the community. Now they get paid by the state and the fed. They don’t get paid by local people. They hate local people. They are the enemy of the people.
Mr policeman. Come on my property. Mess with me.
IIRC back in 1971 the famous Dirty Harry scene begins with him being in his regular diner and then proceeds towards the bank robbery while finishing off what he had in the diner before his do you feel lucky speech. Of course that was almost 50 years ago now.