Why was this person allowed to stay onboard until almost Salem, Ore. That’s beyond any reasonable period of time. She should have been removed in Davis or Sac. Every passenger should demand a complete refund.

This is the same behavior they all also have at light rail…..and it has nothing to do with race. All these lowlifes, trash people behave the same way regardless of race. They are LOUD, OBNOXIOUS, and they feel they own light rail….they should be BANNED from light rail if they don’t behave in a civil, QUIET manner.

Not all Black people act as ignorant as she did. Don’t group us all together because of the negative behavior of a single individual. Your racist comments are deplorable and senseless and the reason this country will continue to be the mess that it is.

Am white and ttally agree with you……we are andalways have been a racist country….

Why is this even news worthy? This is their way to hype up a dull story.

I do not in any way condone the comments of Play13 but I must interject that gillgurl’s facts are absolutely skewed.
First of all, whites did NOT enslave African people. They did own slaves from Africa but most slaves were sold into slavery by other Africans and mostly to Spanish Traders who transported them to the New World to be sold.
Forced slavery of humans is wrong in any form and slavery in America should not have been allowed to happen and the White Founding Fathers (Early Americans) were complicit and I don’t mean to diminish their responsibility but they were not the initiaters of slavery in this country.
Also, not all white families today are responsible for past slavery either. My family didn’t emmigrate to this country until the 20th century and some not until they fled the death camps of Nazi Germany. I am tired of being blamed for slavery when my ancesters weren’t even in this country yet.

I have no idea what your gender or your ethnicity is, but it is clear that you’ve got the capacity to be just as rude as this woman in the story.

Hit the nail on the head, John.

WOW!!! Some how I knew as i read this article that it was going to open the door for IGNORANT comments.The behavior of the young lady was out of line and shows the degradation of our society but so do the comments of so called educated individuals. No matter how you conduct yourself be it in a loud mouth ghetto fashion or in an under your breath, behind closed doors fashion the act is still IGNORANT!!!! We are all gods children I’m willing to bet those of you judging, condemning and assuming that the young lady is black due to her name, where she boarded the train and her conduct I bet you still view yourselves as good GOD fearing Christians…Tisk Tisk Tisk shame on you. Judge not least ye be judged

I agree. These blatantly racist comments- as though racism is somehow warranted because one woman’s rudeness got her ejected from a train- are abhorrently disgusting. Racism is never “OK”. The only irony here is that their level of rudeness is now surpassing that of the article’s subject. Unbelievable! Ever single one of you leaving “Africa” and “Kunta Kinte” comments need to take a good long look at yourselves in the mirror and ask yourself what kind of example you are setting for society and your children.

These racists are only showing their lack of education and humanity. Bravo! How proud I am to live in such a disgustingly prejudiced community. Way to go, Sacramento! One of the most ethnically diverse cities in the nation and look what’s underneath. Sickening.

I agree. She should have been kicked off much sooner.

You are obviously black? Well before you start spewing, take the time to educate yourself. First off Blacks were enslaving blacks and still do today! the white man just tapped those markets and expanded it to the Americas. Secondly that happened hundred years ago and a lot has changed since then. There is more reverse racism now then ever. Blacks still want to use the argument that WE whites brought them here. I had nothing to do with it, so don’t blame me. Grow up make yourself a better person and contribute to society. and everyone need to quit playing the race card!

Typical behavior!

Can we all get along….. apparently not!!!! It’s unfortunate that some ppl refuse to respect others even when asked nicely…that’s why there are so many similar and frequent incidents such as these…..

We are NOT all Gods children… only those saved by Grace…..we are all Gods creature.

Not really, that is how most Whites see it , but the truth it’s kinda bend or make an inference without really saying anything. Being a minority, this is always in back of my mind. None of whites I know fear of being racist at, because they have the privileges and Take for Granted, especially in USA, Euorpe, and Australia. Basic Race & Ethnicity 101.

Right, Angela, this had nothing to do with race. The people responding, especially gillgurl , are the people that cause this country to continue racist behavior.

You’re an idiot gillgurl.

uneducated people are dumb and do not have any way of showing respect to smart people or educated people… you know what I’m talking about.

This has to do with culture. A degenerate culture that can be learned, repeated and then accepted as normal behaviour. These people care not for anyone but themselves and until they realize that they are not the center of the universe, this will become even more common. —- http://911essentials.com

Loud fat biotches like her act like that because it is the only way they can get attention by acting like an uncivilized moron……………

Lakeysha …i’m shocked !!

Sounds like the woman may have been metally distrubed or just an argry obama supporter not getting all the freebees from our own Carl Marx..

tell the noisy white to get off the train

blacks invented rail transport which fueled out industrial growth

Lakeysha? Need I say more?

ignorant liberals

Where was it indicated what race she was?

Why are the comments all about race? I don’t see the perp’s race mentioned in the story. Are you all assuming she’s black because her first name is Lakeysha? Sounds like racism to me………LOL

If you research the word slave you will find it came from the word slav given to the europeans that Battu Khan used to take as force servants during his raids. So the first slaves were white people.

You mean they’re New Yorkers?

salty said: “Where was it indicated what race she was?”

in the article that mentioned her name “Lakeysha”

Everyone knows that’s a typical Chinese (or Hispanic?) first name.

isnt it great to see that we still have freedom of speech.

Hmmm

This lady’s race isn’t mentioned in the story. I will however bet my house that she was doomed by her first name to be a pregnant dropout by the age of 14 living off welfare. Berfore the usual crowd calls me racist ummm I am going under the assumption that she must be a mormon eskimo who is half asian or perhaps I will say she is a caucasian wasp. I make no inferences that she could be the same folks who treat movie theaters like their own phone booth.

It is impossible for women or girls to be quiet and not talk continuously. So, what is special about this story?

True, not all Black people act as ignorant as she is. However, it is generally warmer in the summer than it is in the winter.

That’s not being racist, it’s being prejudicial. Look it up.

What racist comment? Who said anything about race?

Show me a white person named Lakeysha. Just one. Go ahead… I’ll wait.

No worries, Lakeysha Sympatizer, you are not a racist. You are, however, very prejudicial. I wish people here knew the difference.

Police state…you’re an idiot…

and even more were sent to the Middle East

You will wait a long, long time

Police State? Take a train to the china wall, or thru venezuela, iran, or cuba pokey.

Hee hee hee…. I bet you’re still waiting. LMAO

Right??? But for how long???

LOL!!!!!!

When white trash is called white trash nobody objects it (except for white trash) but when black trash is called black trash it racism. Start acting like humans and you’ll “racism” disappearing. I work with many very good human beings who happened to be black. And nobody has any problem with them just because they are black. But I used to work with a black guy who was not only useless he was a crook. He was overheard demanding bribes from vendors when talking on the phone. One day one of the coworkers recorded one of those phone calls. He was fired for violating “crooks” privacy. Every time the “crook” thought he was in trouble he immediately hinted that it was due to racism and that he would sue it let go. How do you think the rest of the employees felt? Who has the privileges?

Hip Hop, gangsta wanna be’s

Amtrak won’t let passengers talk on their cell phones? No wonder nobody rides them, and taxpayers get to foot the bill. Open a phone car, or booth. Move into the 21st century.

HAAAAA! No doubt!

Now that’s funny! (Unless the vermin is seated next to you!)HAAAA!

I bet you are white — because black people already know the name Lakeysha is not used among whites. Have you ever known a white woman named Lakeysha? Would you thiink someone named Fernando is white? Anyway, salty, I’ll give you $100 if she is white.

Don’t forget, slavery has been around since biblical times. Slavery was not invented in the 1800s by the white man!!!

My Uncle still lives in a house on the Ohio River with a secrert basement that can only be entered from the back of a closet on the second floor and yes after being used to smuggle slaves out of the south it was used to smuggle booze in the ’20′s.
Many people do not understand that the the bulk of the remaining decendents of slave holders are black. Lincoln conducted some of the first prison camps that were in fact death camps. By the end of the war there weren’t a lot of surviving males from the slave holding families except mixed race sons.

What planet do you live on? Do you know any white women with the name Lakeysha? A 17 year old was just murdered in San Diego answering a Craigslist ad. The names of the suspects are Shaquille, Seandell,and Roshan — now can you guess what race they are?

To digress somewhat… just why doesn’t Amtrack want people talking on a cell phone??? Even on a plane I think it is a scam. But up there not knowing how the navigation equipment works I give the airlines the benefit of the doubt. But a train? With diesel engines? Not like they are using radar. If cellphone use can derail a train then they shouldn’t be running.

If that happened on my New Jersey bus the perpetrator would have been a hero.

Oh no you di’in’t!

http://newsone.com/nation/cdixon/woman-kicked-off-train-for-being-too-loud-on-phone/

she looks like a real piece of work. Wanna bet she voted for Obama if she voted at all?

Her name is “Lakeysha.” That’s not a Hungarian name or a Norwegian name or a Polish name or …

Dude, I spewed my beer I laughed so hard! LMFAO!

muh dik

Gee, I wonder if the train operators don’t want idiots blabbing on the phone becuae it is a rude imposition on the other riders? Just a wild guess on my part.

It’s called common courtesy to those around you.

OH YES I DID.

Google her name…

I think you’re stuck in a time-warp. We have a http://www.NewNation.org now.

http://www.amren.com

It was a specially designated “quiet” car.

Why does welfare even pay for cellphones and even more food for fat people?

Her kind probably voted for Obama 3 or 4 times.

It was a “quiet” car. If she needed to flap her mouth so much she could have moved to another car.

Hey CBS Scto: why not run a photo of the arrested party instead of one you did run that misleadingly shows a bunch of elderly white people boarding the train? Does the fact that the perp is a morbidly obsese black woman somehow or other offend your political correctness?

Newsone.com didn’t seem to have a problem running the photo… facts are facts. If you aren’t going to run the entire story why run any part of it?

http://newsone.com/nation/cdixon/woman-kicked-off-train-for-being-too-loud-on-phone/

Really? That would be a suprise to most of Britain, where the Steam Railway engine (1804) and Wrought iron tracks (1820) were invented, and which had been using railways since the 1600s.

Planes aren’t really affected by cell signals, the equipment is mostly hydraulic or pneumatic, so no worries there. And even when a plane’s primary system is electrical, it still has the backup hydraulic systems that require no electricity to operate.

I would think the bigger issue is actually getting a signal and disrupting other passengers. If they can do wireless internet access…. they can do cell phones.

Just TNB. Typical Nignog behavior. Go back to the jungle

you are the voice of reason but this country hasnt been run on reason in some time….

The more I read about what kind of totalitarian madness is taking hold in the US, it makes me glad I left the place, and BTW, you may use your cellphone while riding the train in the EU, imagine that.

Entitlement cow with no regard for anyone but herself.

It isn’t 1950. Many modern plane critical components are controlled by or affected by radio signals. Although they operate in a different band than cell phones, there is no study that definitively excludes them from causing problems. Some studies have shown very minor but measurable interference from cell phones. For this reason and for an abundance of safety, it was deemed prudent to exclude cell phone use on planes. This story isn’t related to that. A woman with a big mouth was being loud on a “quiet car”. There are plenty of places she could go and talk, she chose to talk where she shouldn’t. Calling the police was a bit of an overreaction for just that, but I don’t know what they mean by “unruly”. Perhaps she was beating on people McDonalds-style?

All I needed to know from that article was her first name.

And all was made clear.

Mr. C.

I think you are missing the point—it was a quiet car and she was disrupting the other passengers. Think about it, 16 hours of audible chatter on the phone?

I don’t know if you have ever traveled in Amtrak, much less traveled for so many hours inside a relatively confined space. I have, and many other people like me do wish to have peace and quiet when traveling in such conditions, great number of people actually look forward to that. You say that no one rides Amtrak? That is good, it means that you have that free choice, specially when it can be an informed decision since travel policies are shown to travelers prior to purchasing a ticket.

Moreover, you say that Amtrak must move into the new century? Then please ponder on this: in this 21st century, people shouldn’t do anything they wouldn’t be proud of having shown all over the internet, specially You Tube.

Still I give you some credit, and maybe Amtrak will make more balanced policies (arrangements) for its travelers.

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If the allegations are true, then it will clearly show that Lakeysha Beard not only has gross disregard for rules but also no consideration for other individuals. I will not be surprised at all if Ms. Beard will have the audacity to use the race card in her defense in the event she has to go to court over this incident.

Maude

I don’t think it was the sole fact that she was on the cell phone. Is that fact that she was allegedly at it very loud and for 16 hours straight. Don’t you think there has to be a tolerance limit? Just my view…

Zef

I don’t know why you use the term totalitarian. I mean, are you comparing the US with countries like the Soviet Union, North Korea, East Germany and others? It is very fortunate that you had the choice and freedom to leave the US. Think about it, in those other countries you play the rules or face summary execution if you tried to get out.

Her kind? What does that mean exactly Mr. Klingenberg? I would love to know. I’m a middle aged, white male and I voted for Obama (and will again). Do you want to talk about “my kind?” because I have a strong suspicion that you and I might be in the same demographics with a few major differences.
1) I’m not married to my first cousin
2) I don’t live in my mother’s basement
3) I have a life
Grow up and be careful about posting with your name. Someone might be offended enough to track you down and kick “your kinds” ass.

Ditto to you tea bagger

Nice. Classy. I wish I lived in a trailer and had a 7th grade education.

It which country? Greece? (in the toilet and broke) Portugal? (in the toilet and broke). I lived in Europe for 12 years and I know an ugly American where I see one.

Diversity, yet another violation of our rights. Add it to the list of gov’t violations of our rights:
They violate the 1st Amendment by placing protesters in cages, banning books like “America Deceived II” and censoring the internet.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns.
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by molesting airline passengers.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars for foreign countries.
Impeach Obama, vote for Ron Paul.
(Last link of Banned Book):
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000190526

D.F.N.

Lakeysha! What you be doin? Girl I ain’t seen you since you done tore up that Burger king

it’s okay, with a lot of hard work, you might make it there.

Sounds racist, but experience proves its accuracy. It’s also an easy way for a hiring manager to sort resumes.

@ Diversity is our strenth and Bob,

The lady obviously was guilty of poor manners and a lac of consideration. You gentlemen ( Although I suspect the two of you are the same) are racist idiot skinheads. I completely respect your freedom of speech. It allows those around you to see you for what you are.

Of course, why should someone comply with the very civil request to have one car out of many to be quiet?
Oh, now I understand..Lakeysha Beard..the name says it all…no one is going to tell me I can’t talk on my own phone, if you don’t like it go to another car..

With planes, the real problem isn’t interference with electronic equipment, it’s the problem that a high-up cell phone can be seen by too many cell phone towers, and the system goes nuts. WIth cell phones at ground level, they work just like you were in an automobile and the system works just fine — but the way too many people use cell phones is to talk loudly. When I traveled years ago on Amtrak, I used the time to catch up on sleep. Can’t do with with inconsiderate people. I might just return the favor by crushing the cell phone “accidentally”.

What??? Obviously you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about! EMI is a seriuos hazard and may be (at least) partially responsible for two major air disasters! Please….don’t spout erroneous information until you do the research.

to bob k is a sad loser comment
you did not leave your name, why because you voted for the clown we call a president,
an what is with this i’ll kick your ass bs
i’m in atlanta, come an kick my ass.
an if you vote for the clown again after what he has done to this country
your a bigger ass hole than he is.

But yet you still voted for the Messiah and brag about it. In the immortal words of Buddy Ebsen, “Pitiful, Pitiful”.

if only we could go back and stop all slave sales to the united states, their would be no black ancestors in this country. In fact if the the original owners were unable to sell there captives,nearly all would be dead.Thus nearly all of todays ancestors would never have existed.No lashekas,tanakes,ect.ect.ect.

Usually there is one (or more) car(s) defined as “quiet cars” thus no cell phones. If you want to talk, move to another car or the food car.

If it were possable to go back and stop slavery, nearly all and possable all of the captured afracans would have been slain by their captors.Thus no slave decendents in the United States.No lashekas,tanekes,ect,ect,ect, count your blessings.

The fact you voted for Obama the first time shows you not to be very bright. To vote for him a second time will show you to be a true idiot.

Funny,

Always comes down to racism,white trash,dumb blacks,Bush did it,
stupid Obama supporters,dog ate my homework…whaa,whaa,whaaaaa!!
Miss Beard was just annoying others..

One other fact that you may not know, slave ships were built in the NewYork Shipbuilding yards by Jewish companies.

El Kabong,

May I add a subtle correction and some supporting data?

The slavers who sold the Africans were Arabs and the principal shippers were Portugese, followed by the British and French, in numbers, before the Spanish. Ironically, it was the British and North American colonists who, after banning the slave trade at home, began enforcing a blockade against the trade in Africa.

Many do not realize the of the roughly 15 million who were put aboard ship, some 20% died on board. Of the 12 million who made the trip to the new world, one-half million were sold in what is now the U.S. Most went to Brazil and this islands for sugar farming.

When an announcement is made to curb cell phone use it should be followed. It is obvious this individual didn’t care about anyone but herself. I’m glad she was escorted off the train. Common sense and manners have gone out the back door in this nation! God help us all….

Lakeyshah is among our

“Fluttered folk and wild/
Our new-caught sullen peoples/
Half devil and half child.”

I totally agree that most african-americans do not act this way or go out of their way to cause problems.

But it is a fact that african-americans are tolerant of antisocial behavior and will not confront other african-americans.

Consequently, in the african-american community, anti-social behavior is deemed to be acceptable.

African-americans are less that 20% of the US population. But look at any news and you find that this group’s incident rates are 10 times that of other ethnic groups.

Bad manners are bad manners no matter what color the person exhibiting them. I don’t really care what color or ethnicity the woman was, she was rude and ignored the comfort and peace and right to privacy of the people around her, and Amtrak was certainly right to have her escorted off the train. Let’s not turn this in to a black/white diatribe. I have spent numerous annoyed hours trapped in boarding gate seating at airports near cell phone wielding,wheeling/dealing businessmen…

What are you trying to say here? This comment makes no sense at all. “being a minority it is always in the back of my mind”. What is in there? Being a dumb whitey what is in the back of my mind is affirmative action. That would be where a black man cannot get fired without an act of congress, and when whitey tries to get a job he/she has to be %20 ahead of the black candidate to get the job.

It isn’t impossible, it is just that the best way to keep a women quiet would have ended up with us having a much more scandalous story of a man balls deep in the mouth of a noisy cell phone talker on a train arrested for indecent exposure.

Buy a cell phone jammer- http://www.chinavision.com

What is in the back if this whitey crackers mind is affirmative action. This is where the color of ones skin determines there success. What happened to the content of their character. I guess that idea died with the great man from which it sprang. Or does this not apply when a black man needs a job more than a white man?

Double standards, the grass is always green when you play both sides of the fence.

everyone should own one

Most of our ancestors who immigrated here were discriminated against, but even then tried to fit with what US society expected. Ask yourself instead of whining about your race ‘problem’ – why are ALL other ‘races’ better off than blacks, whose ancestors were here way before ours? Blacks have been trained to expect others to kowtow to them. Obama plays this like a virtuoso, and uses white guilt to PC his way to more federal power. Shame on you stupid white guilt slaves. You never owned a slave, why act like youre guilty of it?

Jack.FKristof
What is in the back if this whitey crackers mind is affirmative action. This is where the color of ones skin determines there success.
***
It is “their” success, not there. If you are going to insult whitey at least use the correct version of the word.

Thank you, joev, for bringing it back to the point. This rider’s inconsiderate behavior is plainly just wrong. That’s all there is to it. The fact that her behavior may be a result of her culture is true, but only serves to distract from the issue, which is common decency, or the lack thereof.

Her name Dude.

Do you know a white person named Lakeysha?

Obama, worst president ever. Just a fact.

NO ONE DOUBTS THAT

[...] Woman’s Cell Phone Use Halts Train [...]

When a simple “where are you” has to be expressed as “why ain’t you tell me where is you at” you can begin to understand why someone needs 16 hours for a conversation.

[...] course, there are some who in fact know it’s rude and simply don’t care. Case in point. Not just particular subcultures, but particular age groups as well that are just as [...]

My apologies but nowhere in this mini-article does it mention Ms. Beard’s racial identity. Nowhere. Nada. Nothing.
This is a story about a woman who behaved obnoxiously, and in violation of some arcane railroad rule, and was peacefully removed from a train.
How did race raise its ugly head here?

Where do they even get these names? “I wanna name my kid Kamakakaweewee.

You’re right…those dang Irish from Oakland are getting uppity again …

And as far as slavery goes:
Black African tribes would attack other black African tribes, capture and enslave members of the defeated group and march them north where they would trade them to Arab/muslim slavers, who would march them across the Sahara and sell the survivors to Europeans who would ship (some of them) them across the Atlantic to North America.
Here in North America tens, hundreds, of thousands of WHITE AMERICANS died in a war back in the early 1860s that resulted in the elimination of slavery here in the United States.
And here in the United States the lowliest, poorest, worst educated (and who is it who chose to drop out anyway) black is far better off than the vast majority of blacks living in any muslim nation, African nation and most anywhere else black Africans have emigrated. (Or whose ANCESTORS were dragged as slaves two hundred years ago.)
Stop the complaining by or about blacks in America and get with the real program of America- Work hard and take advantage of the opportunities this great nation offers and not the handouts the government uses to keep you down and dependent.

Where’s a good Oakland Transit Cop when you need one …

how many white people are named Lakeysha ? Coloreds think they are owed everything and can do as they damn please. If they tried to blend into society they would have a much easier time and racism would be almost nonexistent.

Hey, just because her name is Lakeyshah does not mean she is a person of color. As an American of African decent I would recent being associated to anyone of any race who does not possess the common decency to behave in civil society.
I would also not have a problem with trains and or plains incorporating cell signal jammers during those times the captain or engineer believes that the signal could interfere with the safety of the trip.

http://www.kval.com/news/local/121962009.html?m=y&smobile=y&c=y and all you have to do is go here and read the article and see her photo. yep she was disrespected. is that even in the dictionary?

I’m sorry…but her name is a pretty clear indication.

DO NOT INCLUDE ALL COLOREDS IN THIS!!!! I AM INDIAN (AUTHENTIC, FROM INDIA). AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE SUPERIOR TO MOST OTHER ETHNICITIES. WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THOUSANDS OF TIMES MORE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF THE USA THAN MOST ANY OTHER GROUP.

Because African-Americans who indulge in anti-social behaviour accuse their African-American critics of “not being Black” to silence them.

ANOTHER SPADE WITH A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER!

All blacks need to return to being slaves. I would own 4 or 5.

Perfect example of antisemitism. 1- There is not even any record of shipbuilding in New York prior the 1790. 2- By that time the slave trade was already in decline and there would be no need for additional ships. 3- At that time there were very few Jews in New York, the bulk only started to arrive in the middle 1800′s.

Diversity is nothing more than a joke…

And yes,Matilda, blacks are more and more rude, vulgar and unruly since OBummer was elected.

Lakeysha? You have to be kidding me that this would,be anything other than a “black” name. For Gods sake, some of these women are named “Placenta…!!!”

Just to cap this off, I own a small company with 36 employees. Last year I made the decision to “purge” the company of not only blacks, but also women.

The blacks were always a hairsbreadth away from oficially complaining that they were being treated in a discriminatory manner (one idiot brought an action because a white girl refused to date him)…another black female brough action because she learned that another woman (white) earned more money than did she…this was true, but the white girl had much greater responsibility, etc.

I decided to not replace these blacks with other black people, and also decided to replace departing women (both black and white) with men.

Things couldn’t have come out better. No more idiots bringing charges based on their sensibilities, no more females “getting back” at others she didn’t “like” with some sort of “makes me uncomfortable” baloney. Each and every person still in my company appreciates this action on my part, and many have said so to me face-to-face.

Fact is, most women in the workplace will use this tactic to “punish” men who they don’t care for, and blacks will do virtually anything to slide by, get a “leg up” on the “system,” and I have found them as a tribe to be much more trouble than they are worth.

So…take your “racist” charges and jam them up where the Sun don’t shine.

This idiot beach on the train, despite being aware that she was disturbing other passengers, chose to keep yakking loudly and ammoying the entire car, and relied upon her belief that “whitey” wouldn’t take her down for it. Had it been me, I’d have suggested she be thrown off while the train was still moving, or at least broken her phone in half. Stupid cow….

“I totally agree that most african-americans do not act this way or go out of their way to cause problems”

… but most people who cause these kinds of problems are african american.

I don’t know that the woman’s race had anything to do with her arrogant rudeness, but it is clear that something made her feel empowered to treat her fellow passengers as if they were nothing.

who cares about her racial idenity? get over it…she was on Amtrak’s quiet train!!! She was rude and inconsiderate – period!

Everyone should own “one” what, cell phone jammer or slave?

Having manners or a lack of manners has no reflection on race. This woman with no manners, should have been moved by those in authority on the train. For the train to be stopped and for her to be arresedt by ground officials shows her combative, outrageous behavior and atittude that the train officials could not handle.
She is lucky the other riders did not attack her for her actions and this disruption of the ride. Try this on a plane and see what happens.

What are you, racist? Of course it’s the cell phone jammer. Only a racist would take it any other way.

Imagine the trash pile of grape pop cans and Popeye’s Fried Chicken boxes she left behind. Noamsayn?

well she is definitely black

notice a black news agency ran her photo

http://newsone.com/nation/cdixon/woman-kicked-off-train-for-being-too-loud-on-phone/

Delicate radio equipment is always at risk of interference, especially from a random collection of transmitters; nobody knows what kinds of cell phones might be on board:

For many years I did EMI survey and repair on board US Navy ships. Sometimes the interference problems we encountered would amaze even us.

NO PRIVATE CELL PHONES ON PLANES!!! I know whereof I speak.

@indian
i know alot of indians and they are very dear to me but to call yourself superior is just silly. so if you want to talk that mess, do you know persians are the most successful immigrants in the history of usa…thats a fact and it still does not make my countrymen any better than yours. good is good, bad is bad and rude is rude.

dont cross contaminate

AHH… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…

Isn’t it something like 90% of all jail inmates are African American? I know it’s a really really high number.

It’s about 29% black, 40% Mexican, 26% white and the rest are various. I worked for CDCR a couple of years ago and these were the stats in 2009.

Wishful thinking? Both of you are very wrong. The following CURRENT information is from the Bureau of Prisons’ (Dept of Justice) website:

Inmates By Race
White: 124,272 (58.2 %)
Black: 81,829 (38.3 %)
Native American: 3,888 (1.8 %)
Asian: 3,619 (1.7 %)

Do your research before you post.

I should also note, that my information is based on FEDERAL prisons. With respect to CALIFORNIA prisons, Katie’s information was closest to accurate:

California
Hispanic inmates 37%
African American inmates 27%
White inmates 27%
Other inmates 8%

as of 2006.

I agree. That woman had no regard for the other riders, disobeyed Amtrak’s policy and deserved to be kicked off the train.

Your comments have absolutely nothing to do with this article, which describes an incident in which an inconsiderate person was punished (rightly) for violating a policy and interfering with the comfort of other paying customers.

While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, your comments show that you are not informed about current events and lack basic knowledge and understanding of race relations. I think it would be fruitless to try to enlighten you in this forum, so I will pass.

As for your comments on President Obama, name one policy that he has put into place that solely benefits African Americans. You can’t, can you? As a matter of fact, many African American groups continue to be upset because the President has not addressed certain hot issues that they have propagated.

Sorry, Ted. Actually, that is called an OPINION, which you are certainly entitled to have.

From Dictionary.com
Opinion: –noun
1. a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.

The good Lord with infinite wisdom made jerks in every color!

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AmShank,

Buddy Ebsen? Really? I’d like to give you a hard time about being a racist but it appears you have one foot in the grave as it is….

Did the wife go first? Luck lady!

Loony tunes! Where can I get a white jacket and padded room like yours?

Well said!

Obama 2012!!!

Dave it’s cool. You’re just another cousin marrying, fried twinkie eating, trailer park living, bible thumping tea bagger who grew up racist in the South. You’re stupid, but it’s not all your fault that you cling to your guns and your religion. You don’t know any better. That eight years of Bush’s Republican circle jerk seemed OK to you because you didn’t realize he was flushing this country right down the toilet (outhouse to you, Dave). It’s all good. You can be a sad loser in my book too!
OBAMA 2012!!!

Hey Josh, the President of the United States is black. Get over it.

Paul,

I’m a liberal and I’m not ignorant. Please pull your head out of your tea bagging ass.

Thanks!