Working on the assumption that you have all the facts, that transit cop should definitely be turfed or severely reprimanded. However, it doesn't sound like an issue of 'profiling' as was suggested before.
On the other hand, I certainly don't think it's fair to characterize a whole city, province or copuntry based on one particular idiot. I'm sure there are lots of idiots in both Canada and the US that would pull racist crap (if that's what it was). If I had to guess, I'd guess that there's a few more of them in the U.S. than here, based on sheer numbers alone.
I can sympathize with one aspect of her situation very specifically. About a month after I moved here from Ontario, I got ticketed for jaywalking on 7th by a transit cop. I actually said to the cop, "Are you serious? Jaywalking is how you cross the street in Ontario."
It didn't work for me, but luckily he spelled my name wrong on the ticket so I never paid it.
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