'The Bear' writer arrested on train after complaint from ...
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Alex O'Keefe shared a video on social media of him being arrested, with the clip quickly going viral.

In the caption of the Instagram post, he wrote, “An old white woman got on the train and immediately pointed at me and told me to correct how I was sitting. I refused, so she went to the conductor and complained. The conductor called the police and stopped the train,” he said.

O’Keefe also says in the caption that the friend of the woman who called the police had said to him, “You’re not the minority anymore.”

A separate video about the incident has been uploaded by the user, Nalae, on TikTok, where it has quickly gone viral, having been viewed over 160,000 times as of reporting.

They said I was disturbing the peace by not leaving the train. They pulled me off the train and arrested me without even talking to the Karen who reported the one black person on the train. On the platform, the police detained me and interrogated me. Only black folks stayed nearby and recorded the arrest. When I demanded a lawyer and reminded them they didn’t even take a statement from the woman who complained they eventually released me. This country is growing more psycho by the day. What will you do about it?"

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    216·
    3 days ago

    All the passangers who slouch everyday? You can’t stop a train by reporting someone’s posture.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      63·
      3 days ago

      you can just say you think he deserved it because he was black, your saying the exact same thing rosa parks was facing, be honest with your racism, instead of just hiding it behind “ooh because he was not be a proper white man/lady”

        • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          11·
          2 days ago

          That isn’t a source that says he violated any kind of policy, MegaMind. Keep trying. Your attempts are quite entertaining, tho. Keep going, you might actually get there. Eventually.

          • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
            11·
            2 days ago

            It’s the MTA passanger code of conduct policy (pretty universal to public transport):

            Riders may not lie down or place feet on the seat of a train, bus or platform bench or occupy more than one seat. Riders may not place bags or personal items on seats.

            https://www.mta.info/document/17001

            • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              Again, SHOW ME A SOURCE THAT SAYS HE VIOLATED THOSE RULES and your racist ass and that old ladies racist ass don’t count as

              SOURCES

              • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
                11·
                1 day ago

                You’re a bit dim, aren’t you? I’ve given you the policy document stating the rules, I’ve given you a news website with the conductor saying Alex O’Keefe was refusing to obey them. What more do you want?

                Police responded to a complaint of a 31-year-old “disorderly passenger” on a train at Fordham Metro-North station in the Bronx when “a conductor reported a passenger occupying two seats had refused to remove his feet from one of the seats,” according to authorities.

                https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-bear-writer-handcuffed-train-after-allegedcomplaint-white/story?id=125829965

                It’s the same one I gave you last time you asked:

                https://lemmy.world/comment/19551281

                • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  1·
                  23 hours ago

                  Fucking classic. You can’t provide a source that backs up your claim, think hearsay counts as a source, and then throw out yet another ad hominem.

                  If you think I’m “dim,” I’ll take the unintended compliment. Cheers, smarty pants. Your ignorance is magnificent. Thanks for the laughs.

                  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
                    11·
                    23 hours ago

                    Heresay is when a second hand account is given.

                    The conductor is a direct witness. So that’s a first-hand account, not heresay.

                    You’re just too locked into the charge of racism to actually accept the facts. It’s political for you, it’s not for me. That’s all.

                    Dude was out of line, got kick off the train and told to get the next one. Deal with it.