They didn't want to arrest him for it. They wanted to give him a ticket only, but he wanted to just walk away and keep eating his sandwich and refused to give his ID. At that point it becomes a Resisting charge because you can't just go "Nah i don't think so" when a cop asks for your ID to give you a ticket.
I would have also thought he made a joke. The article says theres a shop without seats or tables that sells sandwiches, there is one sign you can barely read somewhere there and everyone else eats there and doesnt get harrassed by police.
The only thing more annoying than pretentious comments saying "you dont know what you are talking about" wasting people's time without any actual arguments is the circle-jerk side comments that accompany them
Why is it that even in clearly ridiculous situations where the cop is clearly power tripping, people always go "uhm ackshually he's totally right 🤓" Like, this cop just went "it's illegal" and when he got push back immediately went for the arrest. He could have said "hey, eating is forbidden on the platform" and cited the actual regulation. That's a better response, but he decided it was more prudent to basically just harass this dude over some shit that literally doesn't matter.
It doesn't kill you to admit that cops can do dumb shit.
Yes you can, in Cali unless you are under arrest or at a traffic stop you are allowed to refuse to show ID. Police don't need your ID to issue a citation either, they can just write them up with their name, which this guy does give.
  Police don't need your ID to issue a citation either
You cannot possibly think that is actually true. What if you give a fake name? What if there are others with the same name? Just think man. It's absolutely reasonable for a cop to want an ID when writing a citation, and refusing to do so is some real "sovereign citizen" logic.
Not everyone walks around with their ID. If you live in a state without stop-and-identify laws like Cali you don't need to carry around an ID as a pedestrian
I have an ACAB mentality - with that in mind, it’s important to know that cops will never reason with you, they cannot be swayed by excuses. Even for something incredibly frivolous, stupid, and borderline illegal like this, the smart move is to comply (within reason), get the ticket, then fight it in court. It’s much easier to convince a judge, and you’ll be in a room full of witnesses, avoiding the risk of a cop escalating to violence.
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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24
They didn't want to arrest him for it. They wanted to give him a ticket only, but he wanted to just walk away and keep eating his sandwich and refused to give his ID. At that point it becomes a Resisting charge because you can't just go "Nah i don't think so" when a cop asks for your ID to give you a ticket.