Award-winning Black screenwriter of 'The Bear,' pulled from a train & arrested after white woman objects to his presence

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https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/onetime-writer-fx-bear-taken-nyc-train-handcuffs-rcna233095

Onetime writer for FX's 'The Bear' taken off NYC train in handcuffs

Alex O'Keefe, 31, won a 2023 Writers Guild Award with other writers as "The Bear" was named best comedy series.

Sept. 22, 2025, 9:08 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press
By The Associated Press

A onetime writer for FX's hit show "The Bear" was taken off a New York City commuter train in handcuffs in a dispute over how he was sitting — an incident he recorded in a video shared widely on social media.

Alex O'Keefe, who is Black, said in an Instagram post that he was headed to Connecticut on a Metro-North train Thursday when he was removed by police after a white woman complained to a conductor about the way he was sitting.

Responding to questions about O'Keefe's video, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said security video showed he had been sitting with both legs stretched across an adjacent seat — a violation of the rail line's rules. The MTA said a conductor called police after the passenger refused to move his legs.

Police briefly held the train at a station in the Bronx around 10:30 a.m. The MTA said officers handcuffed O'Keefe after he refused to exit the train. O'Keefe recorded part of the interaction.

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