Overview

• Alex O’Keefe was removed in handcuffs from a Connecticut-bound Metro-North train at Fordham station after a conductor reported a passenger occupying two seats.
• The MTA says body-worn and onboard cameras recorded O’Keefe with both legs across an adjacent seat, though the footage has not been made public.
• Police say O’Keefe refused directions to exit to the platform to catch the next train, causing an approximately six-minute delay before he was escorted off.
• Authorities issued a summons for disorderly conduct and said he was not placed under arrest, after which he boarded the following train.
• O’Keefe, who posted videos of the encounter, alleges racial profiling following a complaint from an older white passenger, while MTA Chair Janno Lieber called it a rules violation and said he would review the video.