Illiterate California democrat negro detained, given citation for eating sandwich on BART train platform

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-bart-train-platform-citation-
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A California man was detained by transit police for eating a breakfast
sandwich on a train platform last week — a violation of state law that
ended with the man being handcuffed and given a citation.

Steve Foster, 31, was on a Bay Area Rapid Transit platform near Contra
Costa Center, heading to work around 8 a.m. on Nov. 4, when the transit
officer, identified as D. McCormick in videos posted online, stopped him,
telling him he was breaking the law.

"You are detained and you're not free to go," the officer says in the
video, telling him that eating on a BART train or platform is "a violation
of California law."

Foster accuses the police officer of singling him out among other people
on the platform. McCormick then grabs Foster's backpack and threatens to
send him to jail.

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"I'm not going to jail for eating a f------ sandwich," Foster tells him,
demanding he release his backpack.

"No, for resisting arrest," the officer replies.

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The man and a woman filming the video question why there is a store near
the platform that sells food, and why there aren't any signs indicating
that eating on the platform is illegal. An officer tells the woman in a
separate video that there are such signs.

Three other officers arrive and one forcibly turns Foster around as the
officers handcuff him. Foster is escorted off the platform in cuffs and
taken to a private room. One of the officers tells Foster he's being held
because he matches the description of someone who was creating a
disturbance on the platform.

"Eating on BART is a violation of California law whether you like it or
not," McCormick tells Foster at one point. In a separate video posted
online, McCormick tells the woman filming that he was on the platform
looking for a possibly intoxicated woman, whom he never found, before he
spotted Foster eating food.

Alicia Trost, communications director for BART, told Fox News on Monday
the California law in question is PC 640 (b) (1): "Eating or drinking in
or on a system facility or vehicle in areas where those activities are
prohibited by that system."

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She said Foster was not arrested following the incident but was issued a
citation for "eating inside our paid area which is a violation of state
law." Trost said Foster was "lawfully handcuffed when he refused to
provide his identification."

BART's general manager, Bob Powers, said in a statement on Monday that
there are "multiple signs inside every station" indicating that eating is
banned from paid areas. Powers said McCormick was on another call when he
asked Foster to stop eating. When he passed by again and still saw Foster
eating, the confrontation ensued.

"The individual refused to provide identification, cursed at and made
homophobic slurs at the officer who remained calm throughout the entire
engagement," Powers said, adding the officer was just doing his job, but
noted that "context is key" and he was "disappointed [with] how the
situation unfolded."

Powers said BART's Independent Police Auditor is conducting an
investigation.

Foster described the incident to KTVU as "childish," and said he's "never
had anything like that happen to me before." He told the news station he
believes he was singled out because of his race.

Foster reportedly faces a $250 fine and 48 hours of community service for
his citation.



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