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[Shaanyboi]

Ashamed to be from that city sometimes...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/racist-cab-video-no-charges-1.3316313

The RCMP has apologized to a Calgary cab driver, but says charges will not be laid against a passenger who unleashed a racist tirade caught on video before ripping the camera out of the taxi's dashboard in a case that attracted the national spotlight.

The decision comes as the results of an RCMP review looking into the incident were released Thursday.

The RCMP officer who originally responded to the call in Airdrie in 2013 did not charge the passenger at the time, instead encouraging him to pay the driver for damages after the camera mounted on the taxi's dashboard was ripped out. The passenger did so.

The investigation was reopened after a video surfaced showing the exchange surfaced in July.

"You son-of-a-bitch, you f—ing (expletive), go back to where you're from, take your wife and four kids,"

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Cpl. Sharon Franks, the RCMP's spokesperson for southern Alberta, said she is unsure precisely how much Qayyum was paid by the abusive passenger.

"In addition to paying the fare for the vehicle, he actually paid Mr. Qayyum some of his lost wages, because he was unable to go to work for a little bit of time after the incident."

Franks adds that because some compensation was paid to Qayyum, there is little more that the RCMP can do.

"Under Section 7 of the Charter of Rights it says you can not be charged or punished twice for one incident and that would be what this would be."

A position that was supported during the RCMP's review of the incident.

"The Crown determined that charging the passenger and prosecuting him at this point would amount to an abuse of process and that any prosecution would now be contrary to the public interest." the passenger yelled.

 

[mre]

"The Crown determined that charging the passenger and prosecuting him at this point would amount to an abuse of process and that any prosecution would now be contrary to the public interest." the passenger yelled.

?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Is it normal for cab passengers to be riding in the front seat?

 

[Impeccable]

Cab drivers get so much shit for no reason.

My dad has been near assaulted countless(only punched once)times as a local cab driver in a small town. Get an asshole drunk and he'll be an asshole to anyone.

 

[Umibozu]

The cab driver should pursue legal action or there should be some action taken against the rcmp.
A shame that the racist individual more or less got off easy.

 

[DopeyFish]

Is it normal for cab passengers to be riding in the front seat?

It's not completely unusual in canada, at least with the elderly

Most people prefer to sit in the back though

 

[IISANDERII]

"Under Section 7 of the Charter of Rights it says you can not be charged or punished twice for one incident and that would be what this would be."

WTF??? So you can just assault somebody, hand them some cash and you're all set, cannot be punished further?

 

[Zzoram]

"Under Section 7 of the Charter of Rights it says you can not be charged or punished twice for one incident and that would be what this would be."

WTF??? So you can just assault somebody, hand them some cash and you're all set, cannot be punished further?

It might be because it was an RCMP officer that told the guy to pay the victim.

 

[Flambe]

Dunno law that well but couldn't the money received be for the damage caused and the verbal abuse/hate a separate matter?