CA law enforcement encounter starts with "You're eating.. It's against the law", and ends with "Stop resisting arrest. Stop resisting arrest." At least it only took 4 officers to detain the sandwich-eating lawbreaker.

https://v.redd.it/6i5z1n2aom5e1

created by BeARealHuman on 08/12/2024 at 13:39 UTC

330 upvotes, 17 top-level comments (showing 17)

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Comment by hmm-hmm-mhmm-hmm at 08/12/2024 at 15:12 UTC

95 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Fucking insane pigs

Comment by dx_mx_ at 08/12/2024 at 16:47 UTC

67 upvotes, 4 direct replies

“Land of the free.”

Comment by Aggressive-Ear-4081 at 09/12/2024 at 00:01 UTC

37 upvotes, 1 direct replies

This incident happened in 2019. BART apologized and claimed that he was asked politely to stop eating and refused. Foster disagrees and claims he was never asked to stop eating.

I remember being told not to eat at BART stations before this incident, but they stopped enforcing this rule after

Comment by BeARealHuman at 08/12/2024 at 14:01 UTC

49 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I live in CA and definitely eaten while waiting for a train. Amtrak and Metrolink sell snacks both at the station and on the train. I'm pretty sure BART has vending machines at the bottom of the platforms. So genuinely curious if this is a thing.

And I guess BART has their own police force, because. Well.. Dammit CA, you're embarrassing me. I don't know if this is legal or not legal or why there were four BART cops at an empty station on the looking for deli meat-based meals. But I do think this "law" makes the video even better, so, sharesies.

"**California law makes it an infraction to eat or drink "in or on a (transit) system facility or vehicle in areas where those activities are prohibited by that system.**"

Comment by buddhistbulgyo at 08/12/2024 at 18:29 UTC

15 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Why does California put up with this shit from their police? Are they stupid?

Comment by Spirited_Sky2020 at 08/12/2024 at 17:22 UTC

30 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is why people distrust police

Comment by loveychuthers at 08/12/2024 at 20:01 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Never underestimate the audacity of a well-fed pig.

Comment by quisegosum at 08/12/2024 at 21:20 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Is this real or a sketch?

Comment by coblan86 at 08/12/2024 at 23:15 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The only good 🐖 is a ☠️🐖

Comment by Srv110398 at 09/12/2024 at 03:27 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

“Ohh thank you officer, I feel safer now that there’s no people eating sandwiches around” /s

Comment by muishkin at 08/12/2024 at 21:27 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Some of those who work forces…

Comment by Sir_Creamz_Aloot at 09/12/2024 at 05:55 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Wait until they come for you just breathing air.

Comment by VengefulNopon at 09/12/2024 at 03:37 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

"Pick up that can!"

Comment by DomFitness at 09/12/2024 at 07:35 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

🖕🏻FTP🖕🏻

Comment by Caribou-nordique-710 at 09/12/2024 at 13:37 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

BART spokesperson Alicia Trost said Monday that an officer issued a citation to Foster but did not arrest him. “The court will determine level of fine he should pay,” she said.

BART General Manager Bob Powers issued a statement in which he said he was disappointed how the situation unfolded and apologized to Foster, riders, employees and others who “have had an emotional reaction to the video.”

“Eating in the paid area is banned and there are multiple signs inside every station saying as much,” the statement said. “As a transportation system our concern with eating is related to the cleanliness of our stations and system. This was not the case in the incident at Pleasant Hill station on Monday. “

“The officer asked the rider not to eat while passing by on another call,” the statement continued. “It should have ended there, but it didn’t. When the officer walked by again and still saw him eating, he moved forward with the process of issuing him a citation. The individual refused to provide identification, cursed at and made homophobic slurs at the officer who remained calm through out the entire engagement.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/us/bart-san-francisco-man-detained-sandwich/index.html[1][2]

1: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/us/bart-san-francisco-man-detained-sandwich/index.html

2: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/us/bart-san-francisco-man-detained-sandwich/index.html