So, you must “provide ze papers!” on demand now? For eating a sandwich on the BART platform? I know this is California, but even Cali isn’t Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia just yet... The sandwich was an excuse to identify the guy, search his bag and check for warrants. That’s it, period. The cop probably performs similar “stops” every day, but this time Joe Citizen pushed back.
“So, you must “provide ze papers!” on demand now? For eating a sandwich on the BART platform? I know this is California, but even Cali isn’t Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia just yet..”
Per the law: If an officer has probable cause and you fail to ID yourself on request, you can be arrested.