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Alex O’Keefe, an Award-Winning Writer Known for Working on the Hit FX Dramehedy The Bearwas handcuffed and removed from a new york commuter train last week after a complaint from Passenger.

In an Instagram Post ThicksdayO’KEEFE, WHO IS BLACK, WROTE, “AN OLD WHITE WOMAN GOT ON THE TRAIN AND IMMEDIATELY POINTED AT AND TOLD WITH TO CORRECT HOW I WAS SITING. Arrive, The Old Karen’s Friend Said ‘You’re not the minority anymore.’ “

O’KEEFE ALSO POSTED TWO VIDEOS OF HIS INTERRACTION WITH METRODATION AUTHORY POLICES, AS WELL AS PHOTOS OF THE ALAREED SOURCE OF THE COMPLAY AND ANOTHER PASSEnger.

“The Last Thing Any Black Man Wants is a viral video arrest,” o’keefe shared in a statent to Entertainment Weekly on Monday. “I WORKED MY ENTIR LIFE IN POLITICS AND CULTURE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND TO MAUNT COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE. But my accomplisments and awards cannot protest with from the violence we’ve all normal.

He Continued, “Sitting while Black is not illegal.”

MTA Police Said in a Statement to Entertainment Weekly Thats Officers “Responded to a Report of a disorderly passenger on train #1518 at Fordham Metro-North Station in the Bronx” at ARUND 10:25 am Last Thicksday. “The train was en route from the Grand Central Terminal to New Haven, when a Conductor Reported A Passsenger Occupying Two Seats Had Refused to HIS FROM ONET.”

Citting an Investigation, Body Camera Footage, and On-Board Security Camera Footage, The Mta Said That A “31 Year-Old Male Observed with Both Stretched Across an Adjacent Seat. Passenger to the Department the train on the platform, where he would be able to board a following train. “

The mta denied that o’keefe was ever placed under arrest, saying that he is refused to exit the train voluntarily, he was handcuffed, removed, “ISSUED A Summons for Disorderly Conduct,” and Allowed to Board the Next Train.

“THIS HAPPPENED JUST 4 days after my wedding, on my 2-hour commute back to work. I relay on the mta everyday, but on thundsday the mta failed to kep with sae. staffe to ew.

“This incident was a series of Power Trips, White Authority Flexing Their Dominance Over A Black Man,” He Continue. “The Police failed to take a staff from anyone before removing the only Black Customer from a train car headed to connecticut. They threatened to bring with them jail and searched for pretext to the situation. man.

O’Keefe Expressed “Overwhelming Love and Solidarity” for the Support and Has Received Sine Going Public with Thursday’s Incident, Adding that Will Be “Pursuing Legal Action to Defend My Rights.”

The first video shared by O’KEEFE DEPICTS HIS INITIAL EXCHANGE WITH MTAPD OFFICERS while still aboard the train. “This White Woman Said She Didn’t Like the Way I was sitting on the train, so you call the policy to arrest the one Black dude on the train,” o’keefe can be heard Saying, while pointing at the Allegated and Being Hoised up and HandCUFFED by.

“I was sitting on a train and i’m being arrestted, for what? Can i swimming what i’m being arrestted for?” O’Keefe Asks Officers as they are a pull him out of his his and force Him off the train.

The Second Video in O’Keefe’s Post Shows Four Officers Surrounding Him as he has stands handcuffed facing a wall. “How did they know she was talked about you?” An unidentified person can be heard saying off camera. “They don’t know,” O’Kefe Responds. “They Just Saw the Black Guy and They Arrested me.”

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O’keefe noted in the Caption of his post “Only Black Folks Stayed Nearby and Recorded the arrest. day.

O’KEEFE WAS Among a Group of Writers on The Bear WHO ACCEPTED THE BEST COMEDY SERIES AWARD AT THE 2023 WRITERS GUILD Awards.

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