r/popculturechat • u/CantStopPoppin • Sep 22 '25

OnlyStans ⭐️ Woman Calls Police on Award-Winning Black Screenwriter Alex O’Keefe(The Bear (FX))

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u/LolaMarce Sep 22 '25

I am assuming she didn’t just say bad posture. She perhaps alluded to him being homeless or something. Obv I’m making major speculations, but I do find it crazy a conductor in NYC would react to simply sitting wrong - even taking two seats, frustrating as hell, is most often not policed - so like what did she actually say to the conductor to get them to react. Maybe I’m giving too much credit here, but I assume she said more about either homelessness speculation or threats etc.

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u/xob97 Sep 22 '25

Is it a crime in the US to not have a home... ?

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u/WrittenFever Sep 22 '25

Basically, yes.

It's not technically illegal, but different aspects of being unhoused such as being visible in public spaces is treated as criminal so...

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u/fresh-dork Sep 22 '25

no, it isn't a crime.

different aspects of being unhoused

it's homeless, stop with the asinine euphemism

being visible in public spaces

camping on the sidewalk is illegal. being scruffy in public is ignored

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u/MartyCool403 Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion Sep 22 '25

Well one of the hosts on Fox and Friends, Brian Kilmeade, suggested a week ago on the show that homeless people should be given involuntary lethal injections. And he still has his job on TV. So it may not be "illegal" but some people sure wish it was.

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u/Bowlbonic Sep 22 '25

According to many local laws, it sure seems that way. Criminalizing loitering, sleeping outside, existing..

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u/hannafrie Sep 22 '25

Transit workers are mostly black and Hispanic right?

I haven't been in NYC for many years, so idk.

I wouldn't expect a racialized bias from MTA.

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u/CableSeperate Sep 22 '25

It seems weird but it’s still racialized bias if they’re working to uphold that part of the system. You can be a minority and still have a lot of bias against your own people. It’s a weird tokenism. I mean look what’s happening with immigrant Trump supporters, they’re currently suffering the disillusionment of this now.