Taxi Driver

taxi driver: At around 3:15 a.m. Saturday, police say, an off-duty taxi driver was sprayed with gas from a fuel pump after he refused a man a ride. Though the 50-year-old cabbie was not injured in the attack, he was also subjected to an indignity he may not so easily be able to wash away, police say, according to CBC. Cox said he didn't know the driver's background, but said the cabbie is a "member of the racialized community." Related: Gas assault on Hamilton cabbie a hate crime, police say This past weekend's attack on a Hamilton cabbie was the third in less than two months, once again drawing attention to the dangers some face driving a taxi for a living. The assailant, said police spokesman Mark Cox, spouted insults about "the immigrant population of Canada" at the driver. For that reason, police are treating the assault as a possible hate/bias crime. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.