Man in Wheelchair Stripped of Transit Pass for Not Proving Disability

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• published: 12 Apr 2015
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Shocking moment man in wheelchair is stripped of transit pass for lack of proof of disability Man in Wheelchair Stripped of Transit Pass for Lack of Proof of Disability A San Diego man recorded his interaction with a transit officer as he took away his transit pass for not having proper identification when it came to his disability...despite the fact that he was in a wheelchair. NBC 7's Omari Fleming reports live. (Published ... Shocking moment man in wheelchair is stripped of transit pass for lack of proof of ... Man in Wheelchair Stripped of Transit Pass for Not Proving Disability Man in Wheelchair Stripped of Transit Pass for Not Proving Disability A wheelchair-bound San Diego man was stripped of his transit pass before he was able to board one of the city's trolleys because he didn't have proof of his disability. Joey Canales, 31, took some shocking cell phone video as a transit cop wrote him a citation ... http://youtu.be/VhjeIMEu-34 A wheelchair-bound San Diego man is taking on the city’s transit system, saying they stripped him of his freedom, after his transit pass from taken from him because he did not have proper proof of his disability. 31-year-old Joey Canales recorded a video Friday as a Metropolitan Transit System officer took his discounted transit card because he did not have proof of his disability. A wheelchair-bound San Diego man was stripped of his transit pass before he was able to board one of the city's trolleys because he didn't have proof of his disability. Joey Canales, 31, took some shocking cell phone video as a transit cop wrote him a citation Friday and took away his discount bus pass. 'It's his job to confiscate my card because I don't have sufficient proof I'm disabled,' Canales said in the video. 'Obviously I am. I've been disabled since I was three days old.' Man in a wheelchair stripped of transit pass in San Diego for not being able to prove his disability.