Cops came, dead guy in back seat, back window open, no arrests, the deceased was hauled off. Case still under investigation. No further deets.
--FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 23, 2020, at 1:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Nobody has answered my question. What played out? > >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 1:18 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I've told this story before, I drove a cab in college, fellow cabby told me >> this. Details getting foggy, but here's the rough story. Fellow driving >> for a different company, same town, had two unrelated passengers in his >> cab, a man and a woman. Man starts harassing the woman, IIRC he was not >> touching her but was very insistent that she submit to his charms. Despite >> request from both woman and driver to lay off, man continues. Driver stops >> cab, brandishes pistol and tells the man to get out. Man gets out, calls >> cops, and cabby gets arrested in the Peoples Republic of Madison WI. >> >> A simple enough weapon was a couple athletic socks around a few rolls of >> coins. Perfectly legal to have coins, what if I need to make change? >> Swing that correctly, connect with head or neck of the perpetrator, they >> will probably decide to release the strangle hold. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 12:56 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >>>> So I guess the passenger was carrying some sort of weapon? >>>> >>>> I am skeptical given the vetting process for Lyft and Uber drivers... >>>> >>> >>> All Uber and Lyft drivers (and riders) are contractually prevented from >>> bearing >>> arms. All sane Uber, Lyft, and taxi drivers are armed anyway. >>> >>> Mitch. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
