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Reports: Uber driver behind killing spree in Kalamazoo
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoHm. The 'Uber' angle is apparently irrelevant to the storey? He's also an insurance broker. Why not say "Insurance salesman goes on killing spree"?
- CPLX 11y agoApparently he drove Uber fares in between random drive-by murders. We can all have our own opinions about what people should care about in terms of exciting and lurid news but let's face it that's a seriously catchy headline.
- paulmd 11y agoHe was actually picking up and dropping off fares in between his shootings. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/multiple-people-killed-in-random-shootings-in-kalamazoo http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/multiple-people-killed-in...
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThat's speculation, right?
- ZoeZoeBee 11y agoA girl – whose name is not being used by the Free Press -- on Saturday posted on Facebook at 5:33 p.m. that her boyfriend was picked up by an Uber driver named Jason who was driving erratically, blowing through a stop sigh and sideswiping another car. That post came up just about a half hour before the killing spree started. She posted a photo of the man, who matches the police mug shot of Dalton, and said he was driving a Chevrolet Equinox SUV. Kalamazoo Gazette photos later show police searching an Equinox. http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/02/21/kalamazoo-shootings/80697940/ http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/02/21/ka...
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago...and when did he last sell Insurance? Why is this relevant? Because 'some girl' scooped the press?
- arrty88 11y agoFor the clicks, of course.
- defen 11y agoA big part of Uber's brand / marketing is "safety" - as in, we know who is driving you, we did a background check, we track the exact route taken, etc. So this would seem to undermine that messaging.
- manicdee 11y agoDid this guy have a history of shootings, or was this his first time?
- timrpeterson 11y agoVery relevant. You use the service that you trust and are in the unusual position to be putting your life in their hands without anyone observing what happens. This gets to the heart of Uber's business model and how much collective trust there is in drivers with whom the company has essentially zero relationship with and yet is supposed to keep you safe in the most dangerous activity that humans engage in.
- dreamdu5t 11y agoThe uber smear campaign is relentless... Driving a car doesn't cause you to sexually assault people and go on murder sprees. Enough with this childish drivel
- Gys 11y agoMaybe he was also an Airbnb host ? Using an iPhone ? Saving money for a Tesla ? ;-)
- paulddraper 11y agoInsurance salesman...for Zenefits.