'It's not right': Rallies organized to support Indigenous women after Winnipeg taxi drivers charged
CBC
A group of men organized rallies in Winnipeg this weekend to support Indigenous women and raise awareness after police charged two taxi drivers following violent encounters with their passengers.
On Saturday, a group of people gathered outside of Duffy's Taxi on Notre Dame Avenue, and on Sunday, another group walked from the Manitoba legislative grounds to Unicity Taxi on Hargrave Street.
One of the organizers, Jonathan Meikle, says he's lost track of how many times he's personally heard from a woman who's had a negative experience in a taxi.
"I've known the truths about these two organizations — Unicity and Duffy's — for a long time. I'm 32 years old and I've known since I was a teenager that our women are being mistreated. That our people are being mistreated, but more so our women," he said outside of Duffy's on Saturday.
"Our people know the truth of what's going on and it's not right. We desperately want something to be done about it."
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