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In the end, the man in the wheelchair was told he would be given three tickets for crossing the road.

But after the video surfaced Thursday showing how he was treated after allegedly being “escorted” to the sidewalk, it was Montreal police bearing the brunt of the social outrage.

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According to Katherine-Marie Albisi, who posted video she took of the incident on Facebook, it all began Wednesday just before noon, when the man in the wheelchair found himself in the middle of a downtown intersection with the light about to change.

An officer confronted him and started pushing him “aggressively” to the sidewalk, despite the man’s repeated requests for him to stop.

“It was really horrible. Instead of helping him across the street and recognizing that he was disabled, they pushed him and were swearing at him,” Albisi said. “That’s when (the man in the wheelchair) started swearing and telling them to stop touching him.”