An award-winning screenwriter, Alex O'Keefe, was removed from an MTA train by Connecticut Police because a white woman was offended by his posture, and he is Black.

According to a video posted to O'Keefe's official Instagram account on Sept. 18, "I was arrested on the MTA train to Connecticut today, pulled off, handcuffed, and detained. 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. While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen's friend said, 'You're not the minority anymore.'"

…O'Keefe continued, "The police told me to leave the train, I refused and asked what was I doing illegally. They said I was disturbing

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