A police officer detained and cited a man eating a sandwich on a San Francisco train platform, a confrontation captured in a video that's gone viral
In the video posted on social media, the Bay Area Rapid Transit policeman told the man, later identified as Steve Foster, that eating on the platform is against state law. The officer keeps his hand on Foster's backpack while Foster angrily addresses the camera and the officer.Foster insisted he was doing nothing wrong and refused to give his name. The November 4 incident escalated and Foster was handcuffed when a second officer arrived at the train platform.
""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.
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