14 March 2025

'SYSTEMIC TRANSIT RACISM CHARGES' FLYING IN THREE... TWO...

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-- "Some TTC bus riders could be asked for proof of payment starting next week as the TTC expand its fare enforcement program. The TTC estimates that it loses about $140 million to fare evasion every year." --
TTC ended up firing the last Special Constables who had this assignment...
The TTC is also implementing a comprehensive Anti-Racism Strategy — launched after the city’s ombudsman criticized a 2018 incident where a young Black man was forcibly detained on a streetcar platform."
Yeah... it's coming back to me now...
-- "The same man who was arrested in a violent altercation on a Toronto streetcar in 2020 has been charged for assaulting patrons at Spadina station while on probation last week." --