Kudos to The Bus Driver
Late last week, a TTC driver called police after seeing a man breaking windows at the Chabad of Midtown Jewish Centre. The disgusting little anit-Semite was arrested within minutes. He was easy to apprehend for two reasons. One was the refusal of the bus driver to condone the malicious behaviour by not getting involved. The other was the fact that this nasty piece of garbage was wearing clothing emblazoned with swastikas. The incident has been branded a hate crime, meaning a harsher sentence will be imposed if the thug is convicted.
The big hero of the piece, without exaggeration, is that bus driver. We've all seen incidents when people look away and mumble about not wanting to get involved. There are far too many of them. When someone does make the personal effort to make our country a better place for everyone who lives here, they deserve special recognition.
Just as the media coverage of such hate crimes can contribute to copy-cat crimes, hyping some coverage of the decision not to stand idly by and let them happen could also inspire some copy-catting, but of a nature we could all benefit from.
The big hero of the piece, without exaggeration, is that bus driver. We've all seen incidents when people look away and mumble about not wanting to get involved. There are far too many of them. When someone does make the personal effort to make our country a better place for everyone who lives here, they deserve special recognition.
Just as the media coverage of such hate crimes can contribute to copy-cat crimes, hyping some coverage of the decision not to stand idly by and let them happen could also inspire some copy-catting, but of a nature we could all benefit from.
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Today coming up from the subway at Fairview, a black guy, from Jamaica, via his own admission, was shouting obscenities at no one and everyone in general, but specifically targeting everyone white. Telling them that if they messed with him, he was going to beat on their head until they were dead. It was quite something. No one made eye contact, and just pretended he didn't exist. Who knows how dangerous he could have been. He got on a bus. I felt sorry for that bus driver.
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