Toronto restaurant owner says he was physically attacked while waiting for streetcar Toronto TorontoRestaurant
A much loved and respected Toronto restaurateur has been left shaken after an he said he was a victim of a hate crime while waiting for the streetcar."Last night I was attacked," read his Instagram post, with the caption"please share."Paez told his followers that while waiting for the streetcar at Bathurst and College with his partner and brother-in-law, he was"cowardly attacked" by a man.
"The reality is that there's no excuse to go assaulting people on the street. We yelled at each other, he kept on insulting me, I insulted back, I called him out for being racist.""There were some spectators from "I was a victim of a hate crime. A racist white male decided to assault me, another guy and God knows who else. You could possibly think 'oh, this guy was just pushed' or 'I got bumped.' I felt the same, I felt I was overreacting, but no, I was just waiting for the streetcar," his message read.Paez said he called Toronto Police to inform them of the situation but didn't end up filing a report as the officers left him waiting.