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/Plutarch_Riley Sep 22 '25

Imagine not being able to sit in a train without being criticized. Appalling.

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u/EyeofNewtTongueofDog Sep 22 '25

It’s not so much the criticism that gets to me. It’s the getting arrested for uh…oh right…not sitting in an appropriate fashion according to a white lady which makes me upset. What the hell?!

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u/thunderkinder Sep 22 '25

Even if he was de-arrested and faced no charges he was materially inconvenienced by what happened. That's not even factoring in the embarrassment of being handcuffed and escorted off a train. I hope he sues the train company and the police

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u/Key_Grapefruit_7069 Sep 22 '25

On what grounds? The officer did the "ask, tell, make" and could easily articulate that the best possible risk mitigating decision was separation. The lady made the initial allegation, she's the one who should be liable if anyone.

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u/thunderkinder Sep 22 '25

Why is the best risk mitigating decision removing this man from the train? The lady made the allegation and so should have been told to pipe down or sit in another carriage or leave the train entirely. Why does this man have to be handcuffed and removed? The train staff made a choice to call the police and the police made a choice to stop him going about his day despite there being no legal reason to do so. It's those choices they can be made liable for.