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Statistics released by the union show there were 60 assaults on Winnipeg transit drivers in 2015, a jump of 54 per cent from the previous year. The couple lost a daughter a few years ago, he said.įraser's death marks the first time a Winnipeg bus driver has been killed during an assault and not in a traffic accident. Callahan and others with the union visited his widow Tuesday to offer condolences and drop off sandwiches. When the confrontation spilled outside, the driver called for help.Ĭolleagues have described Fraser as a popular guy who planned to retire next year. "When the operator attempted to wake him up, he didn't know where he was, where his buddies were, and became agitated," he said.Ĭallahan said another bus had stopped behind Fraser's, but because most buses don't have rear windows, the driver couldn't see what was happening inside Fraser's bus. The others got off at a different stop and left him sleeping, said Callahan. John Callahan, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505, said the passenger was with a group who had been drinking. Michalyshen couldn't say if the passenger had been sleeping or was impaired at the time. The suspect was arrested trying to cross the frozen Red River near campus. A scuffle continued outside and the driver was stabbed multiple times in the upper body. He said the passenger walked to the front of the bus and the driver escorted him off. "Sadly, things just escalated from that point." many, many times to exit the bus, that (it) was the end of the route and it was time to exit," police spokesman Const. Police say driver Irvine Jubal Fraser had finished his route at the University of Manitoba in the early hours Tuesday.
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He has been in and out of custody and was last on probation in November. Zakaria added that he did not expect formal punishment, but added: “If John Roberts wants to fulfill his role as chief justice, I think he should call Justice Alito in and try to explain to him why it damages not just Alito - who looks like an idiot - but it damages the court.WINNIPEG - A man who allegedly fell asleep on a bus and, when roused, refused to leave has been charged in the fatal stabbing of a transit driver.īrian Kyle Thomas, 22, of Winnipeg is facing charges including second-degree murder, possession of a weapon and failing to comply with a probation order.Ĭourt records show Thomas has convictions dating back to 2012 for crimes that include weapons offences, assault and robbery. “I don’t think any of his predecessors would have done it. I mean I thought it was the most undignified performance by a Supreme Court justice that I have seen in my lifetime,” he said. “What Alito did, behaving like a cheap commentator, and not a particularly good one at that, was frankly disgusting. “The reason they have that legitimacy is, to put it very simply, that they behave themselves, that they behave in accordance with the kind of dignity and majesty of the court,” said Zakaria, who hosts CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”
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Zakaria told Jim Acosta on CNN that Supreme Court justices are supposed to, at the very least, conduct themselves in a way that is above politics, given they are unelected members with life tenure who can decide crucial decisions shaping the lives of millions of Americans. ( The Hill) - CNN host Fareed Zakaria on Sunday slammed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for what he called a “disgusting” and “scandalous” speech last week criticizing foreign leaders who disagreed with his ruling on Roe V.