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TTC riders sprang to the defence of a brown-skinned man they say was targeted by racist insults by a "Trump supporter".
An argument between two men started on St. Clair streetcar Monday night when one asked the other to turn down his music.
Video recorded by passengers shared online does not capture what police have described as a physical fight, only the yelling, swearing aftermath.
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A white man, clutching a six-pack and wearing a hard hat perched berates the brown-skinned man as passengers try to shoo him down the steps.
"Are you stupid," the hard-hat wearing man said over and over, claiming he had been punched in the face. "He's not from around these towns, I can tell by his face," he said of the brown-skinned man.
Police say they spoke to both men and neither wanted to press charges.