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Black man arrested because a white woman didn't like how he sat

Jason Weisberger
Sep 22, 2025
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An award-winning screenwriter, Alex O'Keefe, was removed from an MTA train by MTA Police because a white woman was offended by his posture, and he is Black.

According to a video posted to O'Keefe's official Instagram account on Sept. 18, "I was arrested on the MTA train to Connecticut today, pulled off, handcuffed, and detained. An old white woman got on…

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