disableism: heylookitsarevolution:ghettablasta: Cop forces disabled Black man to get off the cab
disableism: heylookitsarevolution: ghettablasta: Cop forces disabled Black man to get off the cable car (run by SFMTA) because the driver is afraid of his pitbull service dog. In a viral video shared by San Francisco resident and attorney Gina Tomaselli, a man with a pit bull is seen sitting in a cable car as he argues with a San Francisco Police Department Officer. The operator “refused to drive the cable car unless the disabled man got off the car — even after he presented written documentation of the dog’s status, and then issues him a citation.” Trained service animals are allowed to ride free of charge on all Muni vehicles, and service dogs may travel without a muzzle but “must be under the control of their owners,” the policy reads, and service animals must ride on their owner’s lap, under the owners seat, or as “far out of the aisle as possible,” and animals may not occupy a seat. We can clearly see that the dog is calmly sitting on its owner’s lap. This behavior towards DISABLED Black man is totally unacceptable. In America this could only happen to a person of color. They wouldn’t dare to ask a white person with disabilities to disembark the cable car and nobody would call him asshole. Please, share. #StayWoke All those white people always championing animal rights need to go do something, take your pitbulls and occupy his trolley. Honestly since I see so much of their activism based around animals why not use it to be intersectional? This is a blatant case of ableist racism and highlights the fear of Pitts always being discussed, so people in SF need to do something, occupy, stand up with this guy This is 100% racism, ableism and breed bigotry. Make a stand, San Francisco! -- source link