No one is short of an opinion after watching a viral social video of citizen journalism showing 18-year-old Bethany Renee Nava being dragged forcibly by a LAPD officer on the Red Line for putting her feet up on a seat one week ago, on Monday, January 22nd.
After watching the video the first time, I got on social media and shared, sarcastically, how the LAPD’s increased presence on Metro trains is making me pine for the days when I relied on public transportation as my primary mode of travel.
A day later, I went on a Twitter rant to go deeper into the issue of Metro passengers failing to talk to each other and instead calling the police. Random people clapped back at me, trying to argue that it was all Bethany’s fault and the police were just doing their job.
I've come to the realization that all these people 👇🏾 saying that they should b arrested for not listening to cops/breaking the rules are the problem. They are the kind of people to call the cops rather than interacting with fellow passengers. https://t.co/NpxYW1bAUZ
— Erick Huerta (@ElRandomHero) January 24, 2018