The internet recoiled in horror on Thursday after a video surfaced showing a maskless female passenger intentionally spitting in a man’s face, prompting the man to shove her out of the bus.
The 30-second viral video of the incident was captured by a bystander in Vancouver, who posted the footage to Twitter.
In the clip which has now been viewed over 1.6 million times, a maskless woman can be seen arguing with a male passenger wearing a mask on a TransLink bus.
The woman is then seen spitting directly into the man’s face.
The man responds by pushing the woman out of the parked bus, where she falls on to the pavement.
Anti-masker meet pavement pic.twitter.com/wOJsZZpzOp
— Rob Gill 🗳 iwillvote.com (@vote4robgill) October 22, 2020
Metro Vancouver Transit Police have confirmed that they’re investigating the incident.
It is unknown if the woman was infected with the novel coronavirus. She could face assault charges.
Yup, which is why this man will be in the clear. This is clearly self defence and a reasonable response to being spit on during a pandemic.
— Rob Gill 🗳 iwillvote.com (@vote4robgill) October 22, 2020
in these days of covid and unaware infected, i'd say that's appropriate use of force in self defence from a potential biological attack.
— The Canadalorian (@_TheCanadian_) October 22, 2020
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