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"Correct how I was sitting" could literally mean ANYTHING. Maybe she wanted him to sit up straight, maybe he was "manspreading", it's really impossible to know from the description here.
If camera footage shows him taking up two seats or putting his feet up or something, fine, but stopping a train because someone "refuses to sit 'properly'"? Seriously?
Yeah, we can conclude from the MTA workers actions that it probably wasn't a posture or slouching issue - and that it was probably something much more common... Like having your feet up on the seats.
The MTA isn't stopping a train because someone is slouching.
Still waiting on a source there, big shifter.
All the passangers who slouch everyday? You can't stop a train by reporting someone's posture.
You can if your white and racist
you can just say you think he deserved it because he was black, your saying the exact same thing rosa parks was facing, be honest with your racism, instead of just hiding it behind "ooh because he was not be a proper white man/lady"
Not a source, you eminent genius, you.
Still trolling hey asshole.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-bear-writer-handcuffed-train-after-allegedcomplaint-white/story?id=125829965
That isn't a source that says he violated any kind of policy, MegaMind. Keep trying. Your attempts are quite entertaining, tho. Keep going, you might actually get there. Eventually.
It's the MTA passanger code of conduct policy (pretty universal to public transport):
https://www.mta.info/document/17001
Again, SHOW ME A SOURCE THAT SAYS HE VIOLATED THOSE RULES and your racist ass and that old ladies racist ass don't count as
SOURCES
You're a bit dim, aren't you? I've given you the policy document stating the rules, I've given you a news website with the conductor saying Alex O'Keefe was refusing to obey them. What more do you want?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-bear-writer-handcuffed-train-after-allegedcomplaint-white/story?id=125829965
It's the same one I gave you last time you asked:
https://lemmy.world/comment/19551281
Fucking classic. You can't provide a source that backs up your claim, think hearsay counts as a source, and then throw out yet another ad hominem.
If you think I'm "dim," I'll take the unintended compliment. Cheers, smarty pants. Your ignorance is magnificent. Thanks for the laughs.
Heresay is when a second hand account is given.
The conductor is a direct witness. So that's a first-hand account, not heresay.
You're just too locked into the charge of racism to actually accept the facts. It's political for you, it's not for me. That's all.
Dude was out of line, got kick off the train and told to get the next one. Deal with it.
Did the conductor see his "violation?" Then provide the
SOURCE.
Ya can't, because all you have is a "he said/she said." And your racism had been on full display this entire interaction. So, you're back to the "no u" defense. Again.
You're proposing the old lady asked him, he refused, then took his feet off before the conductor came... And then the conductor seeing no violation of the rules, called the cops and stopped the train because an old white lady said his feet had been on the seat earlier?
No. I'm not saying anything of the sort. What I'm saying is that you're full of shit, making stuff up that you have no proof of, and then you play the parrot, repeating your shit when pressed.
Unless you have a source that the dude violated ANYTHING that ISN'T that the old lady said so, present it.
And this is the sixth time we've made this circuit.
Disengage.
I'm quoting the conductor and MTA policy confirming which states that the scenario the conductor witnessed is a violation of MTA policy.
At no point did I quote the old lady. You're confused. Also MTA policy, and the conductor's statement given as a direct quote in a major publication IS a source.
Your scenario requires the old lady to be in charge of the MTA and is bizarre when repeated back to you. All because you can't admit to being wrong, which is truly pathetic of you.
Disengage? You're free to disengage. No one is making you reply.
Disengage
That's not a rule on Lemmy.world
With that said, you called them full of shit at the same time you told them to disengage.
You made your bed. Lie in it.
Copy.
Even O'Keefe states that he refused to sit right, and was yelling that he did nothing illegal - which demonstrates that he (like you) did not understand the situation.
Kindly respect the Disengage Rule
Wrong instance. There's no such rule on this instance
I'm aware. But as stated:
I can't enforce it here but is there any harm in encouraging people to respect it?
Disengage.
What I'm saying is, from this article, it's really impossible to know. Could be a racist MTA worker, there's no way to know with certainty from the reporting here.
Maybe he was being argumentative? We don't know, his statement was "I refused" but there are multiple ways to refuse a request ranging from "No, I don't think I will" up to "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on."
We can't know from this reporting, unfortunately.
TBH, I'd really LIKE to know! If it's a racist MTA worker, go get him guys! If it's an asshole rider abusing an innocent MTA worker, I'd like to know that too. Too bad we can't know from this reporting.
ABCnews are now reporting that he had his feet up:
https://lemmy.world/comment/19545014