I looked around online to see what the situation was. Why would he arrest her? From what I saw in comments...and in other articles
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...bf-11e6-8149-b8d05321db62_story.html#comments
apparently she was intoxicated and he asked her a few times to stop touching his food. She refused and said I guess you'll have to arrest me.' or something like that.
So in reality, she was arrested for public intoxication, most likely. He threw the 'stolen fries' in there as context. A judge would understand the situation if the officer explained she was drunk and messing with his food and refused to stop doing so.
I know for a fact, that many officers have been hassled and harassed by people wanting to cause a 'scuffle' so they can make a video and win some fame and money. Some of the public 'resist' even the simplest requests by officers these days, hoping for some kind of confrontation. Who walks up to an officer eating dinner and starts taking their food, over and over, even after being told to stop? That is just rude. A cop shouldn't have to put up with that. And walking away and giving her the food is not a good look either. Why should he let a drunk woman ruin his dinner break just because she wants to start something? I think he did the right thing. JMO :moo: