‘The Bear’ Author Alex O’Keefe
Previous White Girl Acquired Me Kicked Off Practice
… Did not Like How I Was Sitting!!!
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A Black screenwriter is blaming an “previous white woman” for getting him kicked off a practice … he says he was racially profiled, however cops in New York say he refused to take his toes off a seat.
Alex O’Keefe, who writes for the FX hit “The Bear,” posted video of himself being confronted by MTA law enforcement officials whereas on a practice from NYC to Connecticut … and he says a “Karen” complained and advised him “to right how I used to be sitting.”
The video exhibits cops slapping handcuffs on Alex and hauling him off the practice. He is being advised to cease resisting and he asks officers if he is being arrested. Alex turns the digicam on an aged white lady in a face masking, who he says pointed at him when she obtained on board.
Alex claims he was arrested however the MTA Police Division says he was NOT busted … and was solely handcuffed and faraway from the practice and issued a summons for disorderly conduct.
MTAPD tells TMZ … officers responded final Thursday morning to a report of a disorderly passenger on a practice from Grand Central Terminal to Connecticut. Police say a conductor reported a passenger occupying two seats who had refused to take away his toes from one of many seats.
Cops say surveillance video from the practice exhibits a person with each legs stretched throughout an adjoining seat. They are saying after they boarded the practice, the person refused their course to exit. Police say he delayed service for your entire practice for six minutes and was handcuffed and faraway from the practice … and cops say he was allowed to board the subsequent practice.
Alex says the “previous white lady” complained about him to the conductor, who he says referred to as police and stopped the practice. He says the lady’s pal advised him, “You are not the minority anymore” as they waited for police to reach.
The Hollywood author additionally claims cops yanked him from the practice with out even speaking to “the Karen who reported the one Black individual on the practice.” Cops don’t point out the lady of their assertion.
Backside line from Alex … “This nation is rising extra psycho by the day.”