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08/24/15 4:45 PM

#14835 RE: ChrisJP #14834

There was nothing in what you posted that said they were unarmed.

Dear ChrisJP

Okay...I'll play your silly game. Who was armed and who specifically are you talking about? Knock whose block off? Name names.

10 Black Women Kicked Off Of Train, Met By Police, After White Woman Complains They Were Laughing



A group of black women were escorted off of a train taking them on a wine tour after a white woman complained they were laughing loudly. After the women, who are all members of a book club, exited the train they were met by a group of police officers.

No charges were filed.

According to a Facebook posting by Lisa Renee Johnson, one of the women in the group, the trouble started when this woman approached them and said she was annoyed by their laughter.



Lisa Renee Johnson with Teri Pierce
Chief Sunshineologist at Lisa Renee Johnson ·

Facebook Family, we have a problem!

We sipped wine, enjoyed each other's company but our trip is being cut short...this women said our laughter annoyed her because this is "not a bar"... We are a group of 12...if we all laugh at the same time it's loud! When we get to St. Helena they are putting us off the train.

The complaint that this is “not a bar” is perplexing considering the primary purpose of the train is to serve alcohol.
A maître d’ also told them they were making too much noise. Asked who was complaining, he said that “people’s faces are uncomfortable.”
Johnson said the group of women — 10 black and one white — were then paraded through all six cars and escorted off the train where police were waiting for them.

Here’s one of the alleged troublemakers:



How can you kick her off the train for being too loud????

The Napa Valley Wine Train posted a message to their Facebook page accusing the women of “verbal and physical abuse toward other guests and staff.” The post was quickly deleted, but not before Johnson captured a screenshot.



The group received a full refund but Johnson also wants an apology. “It was humiliating. I’m really offended to be quite honest. I felt like it was a racist attack on us. I feel like we were being singled out,” Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Word of the incident spread of social media under the hashtag #laughingwhileblack.

In a statement, Napa Valley Wine Train said the women were kicked off after the company “received complaints from several parties” about the noise. The company is also “conducting an internal audit to make sure all of our policies were followed.”
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/08/24/3694422/black-women-train-laughing/