A former writer for the HULU series “The Bear” was handcuffed on a New York City Metro-North train on Thursday.
While en route to Connecticut, Alex O’Keefe, 31, was detained by law enforcement after “one white woman” allegedly took issue with his presence on board.
“I was arrested on the @MTA train to Connecticut today, pulled off, handcuffed, and detained,” O’Keefe wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday. “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.”
O’Keefe explained that the train came to a halt, and police eventually arrived on the scene. In the video post, he can be heard saying that he was the “one Black dude on the train.” He later claimed the incident was racially motivated.
“While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.’ The police told me to leave the train, I refused and asked what was I doing illegally,” O’Keefe said.
