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In the caption of the Instagram post, he wrote, "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," he said.

O'Keefe also says in the caption that the friend of the woman who called the police had said to him, "You're not the minority anymore."

A separate video about the incident has been uploaded by the user, Nalae, on TikTok, where it has quickly gone viral, having been viewed over 160,000 times as of reporting.

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. Only black folks stayed nearby and recorded the arrest. When I demanded a lawyer and reminded them they didn't even take a statement from the woman who complained they eventually released me. This country is growing more psycho by the day. What will you do about it?"

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 12 points 6 days ago

This is what happens when a malignant narcissist emboldens abd enables the racist sociopaths.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 284 points 1 week ago (7 children)

"You're not the minority anymore."

Jesus fucking Christ.

This says so much. They think “minority” means a person who gets special treatment. That’s how fucking deluded they’ve become.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 104 points 1 week ago (12 children)

That... explains so much. Racists are fucking jealous that black people get to be oppressed??? Is it like some martyrdom by proxy fuckedupedness?

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 213 points 1 week ago (82 children)

I mean what the actual fuck?!? If this is only half as egregious as this is being portrayed I wish I had been there. I would have told that old white Karen to shut the fuck up. And I don’t even know who this dude is. And I’m an old white dude.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 196 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Us old white dudes have a responsibility to get involved in these events.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 140 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

The conductor called the police and stopped the train," he said.

Well there's your problem, the conductor should have told this woman to do one. Let's say that he had his feet up on a seat, or whatever, in what world do you stop the train service entirely for that.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 118 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"You're not the minority anymore."

It's a code for "you're in Trump America, now."

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 101 points 1 week ago

It also makes 0 sense while still sounding racist, so definitely trumpian

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[–] RandomlyGeneratedName@lemmy.world 103 points 1 week ago (22 children)

I’m sick of the police getting involved and actually acting when no explicit law has been violated. If a law isn’t violated, they should never ever put their hands on a citizen in any way. Detaining someone without actually arresting them should result in immediate firing of the police. If you can’t press charges, you shouldn’t act.

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[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 99 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't like the headline. He has a name, you know, and it's Alex O'keefe.

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 78 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The headline makes it sound like he did something wrong too. Instead he was harassed because of a Karen

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Conveniently, the officer body cam footage is “not available”. Absolutely insane they are making it sound like it’s his fault the train is delayed.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 89 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sitting? While black? That's a paddlin'.

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[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Luckily he is American. If he was a legal migrant having been booked would be considered a visa offense and he could be sent to a concentration camp.

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