Toronto man charged after ‘hate-motivated’ altercation at ferry terminal: police
TORONTO — Religious groups and anti-racism advocates say they are pleased that Toronto police have laid charges after an incident described by officers as “hate-motivated” was caught on video.
A 50-year-old local man faces two counts of assault and one count of threatening death after an altercation Monday evening at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, which acts as a hub for passenger boats connecting the city’s downtown to the Toronto Islands.
A video of the incident, viewed widely on social media, shows a man who appears to be white confronting two men and their families, which included women wearing head scarves.
The man repeatedly demands to know where the families are from, and refers several times to Ontario being “my (expletive) province.”