Hot on the heels of a woman arrested in New York because she was selling churros without a proper license we have a new episode of idiocy in action. New York arrests churro vendors? California says “Hold my beer – as long as you are of proper age and have the documentation to allow you to retain alcoholic beverages and have the appropriate recycling receptacles within a 50-foot radius and have surrendered the keys to your vehicle and have an Uber account in good standing to drive you home.”
A man is recorded being detained by law enforcement for eating a sandwich.
As you can surmise, there is a bit more to the story, but it is absolutely ridiculous. First here is the video.
The police stopped this man for eating a sandwich. How can anybody defend this? pic.twitter.com/98neUGB1vi
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) November 10, 2019
Now the initial reaction to this may be, “This cop is on a serious power trip,” as many have declared.
Mean while a real crime is probably taking place.
Easy answer to this is… "Please finish your sandwich and then remember that you are not supposed to eat on the platform. Thank you and have a nice day."
Problem is this police officer is a control freak!
— Amy Earley (@AmyHEarley2) November 10, 2019
So apparently every murder, rape, robbery & assault has been solved so California police have become sandwich patrol.
— KD (@Fly_Sistah) November 10, 2019
The man is guilty of eating while Black
— HerronIsland #Resist #resigntrump ??? (@Herronisland) November 10, 2019
He was warned by the car parked out in front. pic.twitter.com/qsvWW0gC1P
— Howard Freiberg (@HowardFreiberg) November 11, 2019
Possession of pastrami with intent to digest? Come on man!! This is so ridiculous
— Jason Smith (@smitrock15) November 10, 2019
I'm thinking officer McCormack will be having some PAID leave and some intervention training. How bad of a cop is this guy that they made him the fast food monitor at a train station. CSI material he ain't, in guessing.
— ALL CANADIANS AREN'T THAT NICE..sorry???? (@WBOUCHER10) November 11, 2019
This actually unintentionally touches on the real point. Understand a few things; This was on the loading platform at a BART station. It turns out the officer was, in fact, enforcing what is a state law. Food is banned on the platforms of BART stations, and it is not just a rule. The state legislature had to go so far as to make eating in certain areas illegal.
Democrats in CA have to pass ONE DAMN LAW EVERY SINGLE DAY about every SINGLE situation that might EVER happen. The cop did not make that law, Hill. DEMOCRATS LIKE YOU DID.
— Nick Searcy, AUSTERE RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR AND STAR (@yesnicksearcy) November 11, 2019
This is INSANE! Arresting someone over eating ??? Why is this even a thing? Corrupt politicians are high.
— Susan❤ UnitedWeStand (@GaetaSusan) November 11, 2019
California is now an authoritarian police state that is the story not the race of these people. California has made it illegal to eat outside in public. Think about that. Meanwhile illegal aliens who have committed crimes are released & treated like Royalty. This is sickening
— Melissa A. (@TheRightMelissa) November 11, 2019
Everyone who rides BART knows it's illegal to eat on the platform or in the cars. Laws passed by politicians.
Want to guess how many elected Republicans there are in the counties that contain BART tracks?
Pretty much mirrors the congressional map. pic.twitter.com/ZaVwu8m5m1— Jim (@Ifitsthisname) November 10, 2019
Now, you can say this is oppressive enforcement, except as the officer calmly explains, he is not detaining the man for eating the sandwich but for refusing to comply. He is clearly being obstinate, repeatedly declaring he has done nothing wrong as he continues to eat when told he is in violation for doing so.
This example of interpreted “police brutality” had many invoking other instances of the overreach of authority.
Oscar Grant was murdered by one of these types.
— J.Muhammad (@JMuhd1) November 10, 2019
Sure, because enforcing sandwich eating codes is about the same thing as police manslaughter.
Eric Gardner
— Lulu Says (@lulu_says2) November 10, 2019
This wrongful death case has at least some semblance to the California sandwich arrest. In Garner’s case, he was approached for selling “loosies,” individual cigarettes from out of state packs that did not have the proper state tax stamp on them. In other words, not unlike the churro arrest, cops were enforcing hyper-obsessive laws in liberal enclaves.
There is one more detail to the California sandwich bust that deepens the idiocy. This was not even a case of someone smuggling food that did not belong at all on the property. The sandwich in question was legally obtained — at the same train station.
They sell the sandwiches right there.
Who sells them?BART
— Merilyn Stewart (@merilynstewart8) November 10, 2019
This is correct. BART is refusing to allow people to eat the food on the platforms that is being sold on BART properties.
Let me get this straight. They have a little cafe at the train station that sells takeout food, and taking the sandwich upstairs to the platform results in an arrest? pic.twitter.com/LcRFMCSHo3
— Paul Schlichtman (@schlichtman) November 10, 2019
This is purely a walk-up eatery. The name of the establishment even implies that you can consume their food on the trains. This means the same legislators who are passing the food-ban laws at BART stations are granting operational licenses to food vendors at the same stations.
But sure, let’s give the cops grief for enforcing the nanny-state laws that contradict the sanctioned behavior they allow. It is perfectly fine for you to buy food and drink at BART stations, just don’t you dare think of consuming those items!
