Woman feels 'disrespected' after being kicked off train-Loud on cellphone 16 hrs

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PORTLAND, Ore. – A woman who got pulled of an Amtrak train by police after passengers complained she was speaking too loudly on a cell phone said she felt “disrespected” by the entire incident.

Lakeysha Beard of Tigard was charged with disorderly conduct after police said she got into a “verbal altercation” with train passengers on Sunday. Passengers complained she refused to put down her cell phone and conductors had to stop the train in Salem, where police got involved.

Beard told KATU she was indeed talking on her phone, but said she didn’t understand why she had to be escorted off the train.

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An Amtrak official said a number of passengers complained Beard was being disrespectful during her prolonged phone conversations on the train. Salem police reported she had been on the phone non-stop since the train pulled out of Oakland, Calif. 16 hours earlier.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/121962009.html

On edit she was riding in quiet car where cell phones not supposed to be used.