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A TTC special constable told the Toronto Sun Sunday he and other transit cops feel as if they’ve been thrown under the bus by the mayor and city councillors over an altercation on the 501 streetcar last week.

Jake Mahoney, who sits on the executive of CUPE 5089, said the comments made by Mayor John Tory and Councillors Kristyn Wong-Tam and Brad Bradford on social media were “irresponsible” and “downright unacceptable.”

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The politicians made the comments after viewing a 12-second snippet of a four-minute incident last Friday between two TTC special constables and an unruly passenger.

Upset about how TTC constables dealt with the rider, Wong-Tam tweeted that the offence “didn’t matter” and that the TTC shouldn’t treat riders that way.

Bradford claimed that what occurred was “unequivocally the wrong way to handle fare evasion” and also said the officers resorted to the “use of force.”

Tory tweeted that he found the interaction “disconcerting” and that he “expects a high standard of behaviour from TTC employees” — implying that he agreed 100% with Bradford and Wong-Tam.