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?"
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.