By Heather L. Lawton
Racist taxi drivers needed the competition of another ride-hailing service. The yellow cabs overwhelmed the streets, and South Asian male cabbies dominated the steering wheels. NYC taxis were getting too brazen with passenger discrimination until a “new kid” came to town. The “new kid” was introduced in March 2019 and has faced many controversies, which may have led the company to fine-tune its app. But it’s the over 400 rape cases that birthed the “female driver” request. To this day, they still haven’t learned any lessons from an $8.5 million lawsuit won against them.
According to reports, Uber driver, Simrajit Singh Sekhon, was arrested and initially charged with rape of an unconscious person. On November 6, he pleaded guilty to kidnapping to commit rape and admitted to the aggravating factor of targeting a vulnerable victim, per People.
Reports say that Sekhon picked up the intoxicated victim outside a bar, and instead of dropping her off at the destination, he kept going and later sexually assaulted her.
So far, no lawsuit has been filed in this case.
