Alex O’Keefe, a former writer for FX’s “The Bear,” was removed from a Metro-North train in the Bronx after a dispute over seating etiquette led to police intervention, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The incident occurred at Fordham station. Authorities said officers were dispatched after a conductor reported that a passenger was occupying two seats and refused to comply when asked to remove his feet from one of them, according to ABC News. Police identified the passenger as a 31-year-old man, later confirmed by O’Keefe on social media to be himself.
O’Keefe, who is Black, said the confrontation began when an older white woman objected to how he was sitting.
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