Bellevue Hospital physician’s assistant Sarah Comrie — who was branded “racist” after partial footage of the conflict went viral on social media — fears for her life and may lose her job over the ordeal, attorney Justin Marino told FOX News.
“She’s received death threats,” Marino said. “She’s in hiding. What’s at play is what social media did to this woman who’s literally a hero, and has done nothing but help people, and within one minute [it] effectively tries to ruin her life.”
Comrie, who is six months pregnant, was simply trying to rent a two-wheeler for her commute home after her 12-hour shift at the hospital on May 12, Marino told the station.
The video, which begins midway through the conflict, shows Comrie arguing with a group of men who claimed they paid for the bike in question at the docking station.
The viral footage showed Sarah Jane Comrie, a pregnant physician assistant at New York City Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, in a dispute with a Black man over a Citi Bike. In the video, Comrie appeared adamant about mounting a Citi bike despite the man informing her that he paid for the ride.
The video recorded on May 12 showed Sarah Jane Comrie exaggerating her plight while insinuating her life was in peril as she continued to yell for help. The repeated cries suggested she was being threatened in broad daylight. However, in the video, there was no evidence indicating that she was in any visible danger.
This is what is happening in the discussion about Sarah Jane Comrie, the woman who’s been dubbed “Citi Bike Karen.”
I should note that as I write this, my name is being spread across the side of Twitter that has decided that Sarah Jane Comrie is in the right. They have spread a rumor that I doxxed her (I didn’t), and they are actively soliciting people to dox me and my family members.
I’m not making this up. I’m sharing this because it ties directly to the topic I want to discuss in this opinion piece.
I have to stress that this is an opinion piece and not a reported news piece, but I guarantee you that even with me openly stating this is my opinion, and even with the piece being labeled “opinion” on theGrio, the side of Twitter comprised mostly of people who used to sit in the back of the classroom eating their own boogers and blowing spit bubbles are going to accuse me of defamation and say that I reported false information.
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