Is it just me, or is modern journalism hard to interpret?
“Escorted out”??? The poor woman was dragged out and hit the platform floor.
I hope her son ‘escorts’ her to a lawyer’s office. When will hired security stop thinking they can manhandle people?
Red flag, here. X-rays "prove" "possible" fractures? A poke and "Does this hurt?" identifies "possible" fractures. The point of x-rays is a yes or no.
You can’t laugh in Nanny Bloomer’s New Yawk and now you can’t sing in Floriduh. What’s this country coming to?
“....I was beating my little beads with the bottle ...”
LOL...gotta try that one....
FL CONSTITUTIONSo then, by what right does the transit authority presume to prohibit this?
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3. Religious freedom.—
There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.
Thank the hippies for this one, they likely had to implement the policy to keep the freak show under control, and this grandma was the unintended consequence.
Lady - get to the BACK of the bus - if you want to sing Christmas carols...
Singing to myself is a vice of mine. Do it without thinking. Picked up the habit while hiking or walking a couple of miles to work decades ago.
Often it is something like Gospel Ship, or I’ll Fly Away. A lot of old Country...some newer stuff like The Black Keys...Trouble Weighs A Ton.
Had a rude awakening years ago though. It was a warm Fall day, I was working in the yard cleaning up, splitting wood and singing Pour Me Another Tequila Shelia Then Take Off That Red Satin Dress.
I hadn’t noticed a nun and her elderly mother were sitting outside next door.
MRS P6 MADE ME AWARE....VERY AWARE...!
What is sad is that everyone in that car should have stood up and started singing with her... Throw us all off the train - If you can. That would have been a Chik-Fil-A moment.
What passes as American these days leaves much to be desired.
If that had been a group of homies yelling at each other with obscenities (like they so often do), that “security guard” wouldn’t have said or done a thing. She was just an easy target for some cop wannabe.
What I saw on the video was an eccentric little old lady singing her song and shaking her “pills.” I’ve experienced a lot worse on mass transit and airplanes. No need to drag her off the train and pull her to the ground.
Did anyone read any of the comments at this site? Miami appears to be too far gone for much if any redemption. There are actually posters who thought that this was justified. For singing a hymn, a christian hymn??? What is wrong with people? No respect for the elderly anymore.
Why is it illegal to sing a Christian hymn?
She's lucky they didn't tie her to a stake and burn her for being a heretic and blasphemy against the Church of our lord and savior Barry Barrack Hussein Obama Soetoro.
“Miami-Dade Transit has a responsibility to all its passengers to provide a safe and comfortable travel experience.”
Oh?
Anyway riding the Metro Dade Transit system is never safe or comfortable!
As one who actually rides on public transportation, I’m all for zero tolerance on such singing and drum beating and boombox playing and...
She should have sung this song, and they would never have bothered her:
Allah is great
I bear witness that there is no god except Allah
I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
Make haste toward prayer
Make haste toward welfare
Allah is great
There is no god but Allah
Some old bat disturbing peace and that’s a Constitutional issue? Oh, OK!
‘freedom of speech’ now requires a permit
tough to call something a ‘right’ if you must get permission before exercising it