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Old 02-23-2009, 11:49 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
I think it's because she was the only african american woman on the platform and she said they walked right to her and asked to see her ticket. They usually just canvas on the train and check everybody but she claims the picked her out on the platform. Now she thinks Calgary is like the deep south of Canada (which the rest of Canada thinks anyway).
Was she at the one by the Crack Macs because they take no prisoners at that station....or rather...they do indeed take prisoners apparently.

I think racial profiling might be erring on the side of raging hyperbole. Then again, they might have been concerned about the crazy black woman who was looking a little twitchy around transit cops and who was standing there obviously seething with rage prepared to kill the first thing she sees.
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