Eating a pizza doesn't harm anyone else or endanger them, shitting it out does.

And yes, I'd make sure we left the train without leaving a mess. That's the whole point.

The "candy bar" case was one where they told the woman not to eat it, so she FINISHED it -- stuffed the rest in her mouth and threw the wrapper away. Arrest was for that universal crime, contempt of cop.

IIRC, the 12 year old was eating french fries.

I don't know about the handicapped guy.

I had an altercation with the Metro cops once, but it was because I had a (valid) ticket that wouldn't read. The person in the booth said it was no good and I'd have buy a new one and mail away for a refund. I had my beer muscles on so I refused, they held the train and called the cops. The cops tossed me out and gave me my card back, with the booth person screaming at them not to give me the card. I put the card back in and it worked that time... I'd like to think the cops then beat up the booth person for wasting their time, but they probably didn't.

If just a smidge of WMATA rubbed off on SEPTA, it would be a massive improvement for SEPTA.

As a thought, has anyone seen the commercial for J. Random CrappyMaltBeverage where they take over a subway train and throw a rave? Just because it's somewhat on topic and it seems like it'd be a fun thing to do just to screw with people a bit on their way home from work. Perhaps it'd have to be in Britain, as I've come to understand that it's perfectly legal to indulge in alcohol on public transit, and I know that you can get around distribution laws by giving out tickets and calling it a raffle with 1:1 odds. Anyone care to raise hell on the tubes with me?

Do you guys get the "flash mob" thing over there? If you're scratching your head wondering, it's where a couple of hundred people pre-organise a meeting place on the net, then all turn up at the same time. They then do something really stupid for a couple of minutes then disappear as quick as they arrived. Last month in London, it was a huge pillow fight. You could do the same on the trains with cheeseburgers or other easily hidden food.

Actually, there's this thing where people can apparently do that with cell phones. You have a group of 50, or 100 or 200 or whatever like-minded indivduals and you see something going on in the street and you message them all to come join you where the action is. I believe there were instances of this at RNC.

There was a vague attempt at flashmobbing in the Philadelphia area, but as well all know, Philadelphians are too apathetic to organize (or dis-organize, which is often the point of a flash mob).

This is the funniest thing I have seen all day.

Radar, I truly appreciate your rebellious spirit. Like it or not, we share that. The reality though, is that neither of us are badasses up against the system.
Not until the Next American Revolution anyway.

Cops have a working process that, right or wrong, gets progressively more hostile with non-compliance to their "authority" and the law. You know that.

Throw in racial differences, the situation gets worse.

I'd like to get this whole event on hidden cam from a slight distance. Sure, you'd intimidate them...well, because, you're Radar...and that would also look great as a clip.

On the other hand, when they drive your head up your own ass after non-compliance, that would be an interesting clip too.

I'm sure that the mere mention of this will produce numerous factual instances that you have used force on law enforcement and walked away unharmed and a hero.

In any case, I wish you luck and share your attitude in this circumstance.

Unfortunately, there's another side to it. While the Metro cops would certainly be able to handle Radar, they might not want to. While they have no problem arresting 12 year olds, parapalegics, and small women for infractions of the rules, they might just look the other way at a food-eating hard-cursing person who looks like they might actually put up a decent fight.

Of course, that could backfire. They've already taken some public heat for going after and taking down people like children, handicapped folks and pregnant women. Considering the press, I don't see why they wouldn't zealously taken down someone like Radar just to show they're not afraid of the able-bodied. Such a sucker might even get even more roughed up just so they can prove a point.

On my list of things to look for in the news: The pregnant lady has her baby and there's a problem with it or its stillborn and she accuses the Metro Police for injuring/killing her then unborn child.

I think Chicago PD tasered a pregnant woman recently. At her wedding.

Metro PD are going to have to work harder to top that.

That's a pretty spooky story. I don't see how the cops can come up with a legitimate reason for tasering a frightened woman who was hiding in a closet after she saw what happened to her Dad. That is sooooo wrong! :mad:

What the press reports is rarely what actually happened.

Screaming at police, running away, and hiding in a closet is battery? What the heck kind of crime is keeping a disordely house? Who gets to judge that, Martha Stewart?

Maybe cops should be wired with cameras like cop cars to help avoid the conflicting accounts.

Whenever the video evidence conflicts with the cop's story, the tape mysteriously turns up blank.

These cops are in deep shit, though. Not because they tasered a pregnant woman; cop immunity covers that easy enough. Because they picked on a guy who is a part-time state police officer.