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(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) Police in Plano, Texas shot a man who drove to the police department and opened fire on officers inside this past weekend, and authorities say the man is believed to be linked to the murder of a local Lyft driver just a few hours earlier in nearby Garland, Texas.
The death of 26-year old Isabella Lewis marks at least the 12th homicide of a rideshare driver this year, according to a recent report by the website The Markup, which recently reported on the staggering rise in carjackings and other violent crimes being committed against rideshare drivers, who are forced to disarm while on the job thanks to policies from companies like Uber and Lyft. Through interviews with drivers and family members, police reports , and local news articles, The Markup found Uber and Lyft drivers from Boston to Nashville to Sioux Falls, S.D., who’ve been victims of carjackings or attempted carjackings. Their cars ended up crashed, in chop-shops, or used in other crimes. Police departments nationwide have reported an overall surge in carjackings during the pandemic , and these incidents appear to be happening to ride-hail drivers at an especially high rate. Many of the drivers are elderly, immigrants, and women. Eleven have died as a result of the assaults, dozens more have been severely or permanently injured. Some of the carjackings are “wrong place at the wrong time” types of incidents, but 75 (more than 60 percent) of the attacks tracked by The Markup happened after drivers were paired with their would-be assailants by Uber’s or Lyft’s algorithm. The Markup spoke with three drivers who were victims of carjackings, and with friends and family members of two additional drivers. The apps matched all five of those drivers to pick up passengers who then went on to rob, beat, shoot, and in one case, kill them. Since The Markup’s original report, there’s been at least one additional homicide; Isabelle Lewis’ death in Garland, Texas this past weekend. And The Markup’s report focuses exclusively on drivers for rideshare companies, but other drivers for outfits like GrubHub […]
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