"I was arrested on the @MTA train to Connecticut today, pulled off, handcuffed, and detained. 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. While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen's friend said You're not the minority anymore."
"The police told me to leave the train, I refused and asked what was I doing illegally. 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."
Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning screenwriter and former speechwriter for Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, posted videos and photos claiming he was arrested on an MTA train to Connecticut. He says an older white woman complained about how he was sitting, prompting the conductor to call police. He says officers removed, handcuffed, detained, and interrogated him on the platform without taking a statement from the complainant. He says only Black bystanders recorded the incident, he demanded a lawyer, and he was eventually released. He characterized the episode as racial profiling and criticized the response.
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