'You're going to jail': Moment white California cops handcuff a black man for eating a SANDWICH on a train platform

Police in California are being investigated after white officers were seen arresting a black man for eating on a train platform.
Transit cops in the Bay Area were filmed handcuffing the passenger for eating a sandwich while waiting to board a BART.
The incident happened at around 8am last Monday and a footage was posted on social media on Friday, sparking controversy.
An officer was seen in the video appearing to grab the man, identified as Steve Foster in the clip, and holding onto his rucksack as the passenger pleaded to be let go.
The 31-year-old questioned why he was being detained and not any other passengers waiting at the Pleasant Hill Station in Walnut Creek, California.

The passenger was seen in a video taken on a BART platform eating a sandwich and being detained by an officer
The passenger was seen in a video taken on a BART platform eating a sandwich and being detained by an officer  

He can be heard in the footage saying: 'You came here and busted me. Why did you single me out, out of all these people?'
The officer replied by pointing to the sandwich and saying: 'You're eating. It's against the law, it's a violation of California law. I have the right to detain you.' 
At the start of the video, Foster, who goes by the name Bill Gluckman on Facebook, waved his sandwich to the camera, adding, 'I'm on BART', before the person filming replied, 'You're not even on BART'.
The officer then said: 'I just explained to you that you are detained. You're detained and you are not free to go. I have a right to detain you.'
Foster replied: 'No you don't. I've done nothing wrong. Can you please let my s*** go. Let my backpack go.'
He can be heard calling for backup and demanding Foster show him some ID before threatening to jail him for resisting arrest.
Foster says: 'I'm not going to jail for eating a f****** sandwich.' 
'No, you're going to jail for resisting arrest', the officer replied.  
'You're going to end up going to jail today, my man', he added as he held onto the strap of Foster's bag.
The woman filming the exchange could be heard asking the officer why there were no signs telling customers they could not eat on the platform. 
Cop explains why he stopped a man who was eating on a platform

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The BART passenger, identified as Steve Foster, was handcuffed after an officer spotted him eating on a platform
The BART passenger, identified as Steve Foster, was handcuffed after an officer spotted him eating on a platform 
Foster then says, 'I don't feel detained, I feel harassed. I see people eating and drinking coffee every day and you single me out, why? 
Looking at the camera, he added: 'He [the officer] came all the way down the platform to single me out for eating a sandwich.' 
After the officer and Foster continued to argue, another three BART officers arrived on the platform, made him turn around, and handcuffed him. 
As Foster was led away he shouted: 'Four cops for eating a sandwich. Ain't nobody resisting. It's against the law to eat?'
The officers led him to a bench and while there a newly arrived officer claimed someone matching his description had caused a 'disturbance' on the platform. 
But in a separate video while speaking just to the woman with Foster, the first officer, identified as D. McCormick by his uniform, could be heard saying he was notified of a woman on the platform who was possibly 'intoxicated'.
On Friday BART clarified the situation in a tweet and said that despite being handcuffed, Foster was only issued a citation.
The tweet read: 'No matter how you feel about eating on BART, the officer saw someone eating and asked him to stop, when he didn't he was given a citation.'
The officer, identified on his uniform in the footage as D. McCormick, told the woman who filmed the BART platform arrest that he had a report a woman was intoxicated at the station
The officer, identified on his uniform in the footage as D. McCormick, told the woman who filmed the BART platform arrest that he had a report a woman was intoxicated at the station 
In the video posted online, the BART passenger can be heard saying 'I've done nothing wrong' as a transit  officer holds onto his bag
In the video posted online, the BART passenger can be heard saying 'I've done nothing wrong' as a transit  officer holds onto his bag
Rebecca Saltzman, BART Board Vice President, said the the incident was being investigated.
On Sunday, fellow passengers launched a 'eat-in' protest by eating their lunch on the platform, with around 30 people taking part. 
The passenger told ABC7: 'I'm definitely upset, mad, a little frustrated, angry about it. I was just up there eating my sandwich waiting for the train to come.
'I think I was singled out because I was black, to be honest,' said Foster.  
She told The San Francisco Examiner: 'BART's independent police auditor received a complaint about this and is reviewing. I and other BART directors are following up with management about this.' 
Janice Li, a member of BART's Board of Directors, condemned the officers.
Li told the newspaper: 'To see yet another young black man impacted by law enforcement like this is extremely troubling to me. 
'This is a question of what we are putting our BART police towards. We know how to make the system better and safer, and this ain't it.'
The passenger faces a $250 fine and 48 hours of community service and said plans to fight the ticket. 
'You're going to jail': Moment white California cops handcuff a black man for eating a SANDWICH on a train platform 'You're going to jail': Moment white California cops handcuff a black man for eating a SANDWICH on a train platform Reviewed by CUZZ BLUE on November 11, 2019 Rating: 5

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