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?"
https://www.mta.info/document/17001
Conveniently left out that it’s a $50 fine and not removal or arrest.
Yes, you’d have to escalate and be beligerent to have that happen. Happens everyday, with people who don’t believe themselves celebrities.
Oh no! He’s getting mad because he’s getting removed for no reason! Very stupid.
You’ve been told the reason Sir, and given the option of moving your feet off the seats. If you continue to refuse I’ll have to ask you to get off the train.
Oh my God! You’re her aren’t you? Damn.
Part of the problem is the story is inconsistent.
He says he refused to change how he was sitting, but also accuses both the lady and the MTA person of calling the cops.
I’m not interested in some racist white lady, or some racist cop. But I don’t believe some random MTA worker is doing anything but the bare minimum…
… and the minimum is to get people to move their feet off the seats.
The bare minimum is not getting his boss in trouble by some old lady that was upset that some dude wasn’t sitting correctly.
Since you’re in here making claims, I’m positive you have a source that backs your started claim up? Something I’m sure you’d love to share with the rest of the class? Hmm? Got some proof…?
That the issue was how he was sitting, and that he refused to change that is not disputed by anyone in the story.
He states it himself:
The MTA isn’t a country club, they deal with people of every race everyday. They also deal with people who refuse the rules everyday.
“Correct how I was sitting” could literally mean ANYTHING. Maybe she wanted him to sit up straight, maybe he was “manspreading”, it’s really impossible to know from the description here.
If camera footage shows him taking up two seats or putting his feet up or something, fine, but stopping a train because someone “refuses to sit ‘properly’”? Seriously?
Yeah, we can conclude from the MTA workers actions that it probably wasn’t a posture or slouching issue - and that it was probably something much more common… Like having your feet up on the seats.
The MTA isn’t stopping a train because someone is slouching.
Still waiting on a source there, big shifter.
All the passangers who slouch everyday? You can’t stop a train by reporting someone’s posture.
You can if your white and racist
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”
Not a source, you eminent genius, you.
Still trolling hey asshole.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-bear-writer-handcuffed-train-after-allegedcomplaint-white/story?id=125829965
What I’m saying is, from this article, it’s really impossible to know. Could be a racist MTA worker, there’s no way to know with certainty from the reporting here.
Maybe he was being argumentative? We don’t know, his statement was “I refused” but there are multiple ways to refuse a request ranging from “No, I don’t think I will” up to “Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.”
We can’t know from this reporting, unfortunately.
TBH, I’d really LIKE to know! If it’s a racist MTA worker, go get him guys! If it’s an asshole rider abusing an innocent MTA worker, I’d like to know that too. Too bad we can’t know from this reporting.
ABCnews are now reporting that he had his feet up:
https://lemmy.world/comment/19545014
Show me where he violated your holy rules. I’ll wait. “The old bag said so” doesn’t count as a source, young man, so, it won’t be accepted as one.
if the MTA worker also decides you’re in the wrong, then you’re in the wrong…
So this clearly isn’t just the old lady. It’s someone who works a low paid public facing job and doesn’t need this shit.
If old people AND customer service people are against you, you might be the problem.
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Get help.
Which of those things was he doing?
Why choose, they’re all against the rules. The MTA decided which one, and he says himself he refused to change his position.
His words, not mine.
So you’re saying we don’t know that he actually was doing any of them, then.
MTA workers deal with 1000s of people everyday. They’re not singling people out on any grounds but whether you’re following the rules or not.
Those two bitches had bags on the seats in front of him…fuck you!
He should have complained to the MTA officer then. But they can have bags on their seats when they’re not sitting on them. You can put bags on the seat you’re sitting on, just not on a separate seat.
It’s one seat per passager.