Transit system apologizes to black rider cuffed for eating

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head of a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train system is apologizing to a black rider who was detained and cited by police for eating a breakfast sandwich on a train platform.
Bay Area Rapid Transit general manager Bob Powers said in a statement Monday that he’s disappointed by the Nov. 4 encounter that led to rider Steve Foster being taken away in handcuffs.
In a 15-minute video taken by Foster’s girlfriend, a BART officer tells Foster that eating isn