Xero Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp...051.htm&sc=1120 WASHINGTON (AP) - A government scientist finishing a candy bar on her way into a subway station where eating is prohibited was arrested, handcuffed and detained for three hours by transit police. Stephanie Willett said she was eating a PayDay bar on an escalator descending into a station July 16 when an officer warned her to finish it before entering the station. Both Willett and police agree that she nodded and put the last bit into her mouth before throwing the wrapper into a trash can. Willett, a 45-year-old Environmental Protection Agency scientist, told radio station WTOP that the officer then followed her into the station, one of several in downtown Washington. ``Don't you have some other crimes you have to take care of?'' Willett said she told the officer. Washington has been under heightened security because of the continuing threat of terrorism. And last week, police declared a citywide crime emergency over rising juvenile crime. The transit police officer asked for Willett's identification, but Willett kept walking. She said she was then frisked and handcuffed. ``If she had stopped eating, it would have been the end of it and if she had just stopped for the issuance of a citation, she never would have been locked up,'' Transit Police Chief Polly Hanson said Thursday. Metrorail has been criticized in the past for heavy-handed enforcement of the eating ban. In 2000, a police officer handcuffed a 12-year-old girl for eating a french fry on a subway platform. In 2002, one of their officers ticketed a wheelchair-bound cerebral palsy patient for cursing when he was unable to find a working elevator to leave a station. Unflattering publicity eventually led the police to void the ticket. Willett was the second person arrested this year for eating or drinking, Hanson said. In addition, police have issued 58 tickets and given more than 300 written warnings. Weird... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 She's an illegal combatant. Send her to Gitmo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Since I ride the Metro so much in DC and spend 8 months a year there...this actually isn't that weird to me...I've gotten used to it...But I do admit the police in the city are crazy...so are pretty much any other security guard in the city...I could give countless stories of how power heavy they are there...surprisingly enough, the nicest police I have met have been Secret Service and one park police officer. But yeah, going back to the Metro...police go undercover on the Metro to catch people who eat and drink on the train...like they don't have anything better to do?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Since I ride the Metro so much in DC and spend 8 months a year there...this actually isn't that weird to me...I've gotten used to it...But I do admit the police in the city are crazy...so are pretty much any other security guard in the city...I could give countless stories of how power heavy they are there...surprisingly enough, the nicest police I have met have been Secret Service and one park police officer. But yeah, going back to the Metro...police go undercover on the Metro to catch people who eat and drink on the train...like they don't have anything better to do?? Wow your trains suck. The South Shore line allows even alcohol. There's groups of us that all bring beer on certian days (usually Fridays) and get plowed on the train ride home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Is that private train car still running from the northshore down town? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Is that private train car still running from the northshore down town? Don't know??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Don't know??? Actually it is just a private car that hooks up in IIRC Skokie for the drive downtown. They pay a fee to be towed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Actually it is just a private car that hooks up in IIRC Skokie for the drive downtown. They pay a fee to be towed. I see. I do know that you can pay $50k to do the samething on the South Shore. Mostly it is all just freight that does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Wow your trains suck. The South Shore line allows even alcohol. There's groups of us that all bring beer on certian days (usually Fridays) and get plowed on the train ride home. Got beer for tonight? hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Got beer for tonight? hehe. Nah, we are going out tonight to see Rich Hardesty at a bar down the street from us... I'll get PLENTY of beer then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Nah, we are going out tonight to see Rich Hardesty at a bar down the street from us... I'll get PLENTY of beer then I guess the Sox game has been cancelled or is Mr. Southsider2k4 already switching to Mr. Southsider2k5. Fair weather fan. Wouldn't this flip flopping fit better in the Kerry thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I guess the Sox game has been cancelled or is Mr. Southsider2k4 already switching to Mr. Southsider2k5. Fair weather fan. Wouldn't this flip flopping fit better in the Kerry thread? Show doesn't start until 10:30pm, Sox start at 6:05. Plenty of time for both BTW for anyone who is curious... Rich Hardesty Best known song is "I never wanna f***in see you again" Good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Show doesn't start until 10:30pm, Sox start at 6:05. Plenty of time for both BTW for anyone who is curious... Rich Hardesty Best known song is "I never wanna f***in see you again" Good times If he has a web site he must be pandering to the masses and selling out. I prefer indie bands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 If he has a web site he must be pandering to the masses and selling out. I prefer indie bands I prefer good music and good shows, both of which I will see tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I prefer good music and good shows, both of which I will see tonight! So you aren't watching the Sox-Tigers game . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Wow your trains suck. The South Shore line allows even alcohol. There's groups of us that all bring beer on certian days (usually Fridays) and get plowed on the train ride home. They don't suck entirely...they're just very very clean which is a plus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Pet peeve alert: Woman - women. The first means ONE woman, the second means more than one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 They don't suck entirely...they're just very very clean which is a plus That's a huge plus. One of my pet peeves regarding public transportation is how dirty and smelly it becomes. BTW, buses coming out of Mexico and into the US are generally very clean, well equiped, and a pleasure to ride. Not the same for the US buses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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