Woman refuses to give up bus seat for man in wheelchair

A profanity-laced shouting match broke out between bus passengers in Los Angeles Wednesday morning after a woman refused to sacrifice her seat for a man in a wheelchair.

Cellphone video captured by a commuter toward the back of a Metro bus in Gardena shows an unidentified older woman sitting in the reserved area while a disabled man who needs her seat waits outside in the heat.

A female passenger is heard hollering at the woman who refuses to move repeatedly throughout the video.

The furious passenger tells the lady: ‘You’re out of line,’ and the woman who refuses to move replies: ‘I don’t care!’ The passenger claps back: ‘I know you don’t!’

A male passenger is then heard complaining as he says: ‘Now the bus is not going to go.’

This is the moment a shouting match breaks out between bus passengers in LA after the woman pictured above refuses to sacrifice her priority seat to a disabled man

Several furious commuters attempt to get the woman to move seats, but she doesn't budge

Several furious commuters attempt to get the woman to move seats, but she doesn’t budge

The man in the wheelchair was forced to sit outside during the screaming match

The man in the wheelchair was forced to sit outside during the screaming match

The bus driver informs the woman she needs to make room for the handicapped passenger, and that she is sitting in a priority seat.

Still, the stubborn woman shakes her head and refuses to relocate.

The female passenger is heard shouting at the lady again: ‘Why don’t you get your a** out the chair? You know you wrong. Somebody needs to snatch your a**.’

The woman goes on: ‘That’s why I need to pop your a** out your head… you outta line.’

Other commuters even offer to give up their seats for the woman in attempts to make peace and provide room for the disabled man, still stuck out in the heat during the dispute.

About 10 minutes pass and the bus still stays parked before passengers become even more enraged.

‘There is a seat open right here! Do you not see?!,’ one young man screams out. ‘Are you blind?! Are you blind?!’

The incident happened Wednesday morning on the Metro bus in Gardena, California

The incident happened Wednesday morning on the Metro bus in Gardena, California

Then, a pastor aboard the bus tries to find a solution – and suggests the woman herself may also be disabled. 

‘She’s disabled… let it go,’ the pastor tells the riders calmly. 

Tony Vera, the man who recorded the incident on his phone, told KTLA: ‘She looked like a senior to me,’ while adding that the sign said seniors and disabled individuals were qualified to use the reserved seating.

‘People are mad at her, but I just think… I’m blind in one eye and 59 – I’ve got arthritis. Things start to fall apart when you get older… you know what I’m saying? She’s probably disabled too,’ he added.

A spokesperson for Metro, who obtained the footage, told the local station the incident is being reviewed.

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