[This is a continuation of the article in ADAPT 386. The entire text of the article is included there for easier reading.]
Montreal Daily News Monday, October 3, 1988.

Photo 1 by Allan Leichman/Daily News: Three uniformed police officers lift a protester (Bob Kafka) whose face is contorted in a yell of pain. One is bending over his legs while the other two have him by the arms. Behind and out of focus other officers and protesters are visible. In the foreground is the trunk of a car.
Photo 2 missing picture id inset below the other picture:
An officer pushes protester (Bob Kafka) away in his manual wheelchair. Two people stand in the foreground one watching.
Caption: Police arrested some 25 wheelchair demonstrators after they forced their way into the lobby of the Sheraton Centre. They were protesting the American Public Transit Association's reluctance to endorse wheelchair lifts on new buses.

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Montreal Daily News/Ron Charles

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Thursday 11 July 2013

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Thursday 18 January 2018

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APTA - American Public Transit Association, arrests, Bob Kafka, lifts on buses, protest, Sheraton Centre

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