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11-23-2015, 09:08 AM
TV weatherman Al Roker said he was the victim of discrimination on Saturday when a New York City taxi passed him and his son to pick up a white passenger a block away.
Roker, longtime weather anchor for NBC's "Today" show, fired off a series of tweets that evening saying he was filing a complaint with the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission over the incident:
Filed a complaint today after getting passed up again by a NYC Yellow cab. Cabbie picked up a white guy a block away. Wonder why Uber wins?
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668239668337614849)
This happens to folks of color every day. And while most cabbies do their job, there are those ignorant, racist ones who hurt the others
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668243194182828033)
What really hurts, my 13 yr. old boy was with me and asked why the cabbie passed us. I said, "Nick, ignorant people make dumb choices"
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668245112892338176)
Hopefully @nyctaxi (https://twitter.com/nyctaxi) weeds out the bad apples. Looking forward to a hearing and dealing with this. I will keep you posted
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668247353330135040)
When questioned on Twitter, Roker said he was trying to bring a sick child to see a doctor (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668247827684958208), and offered more detail:
@mariamadelyn_ (https://twitter.com/mariamadelyn_) he pulled up, I reached for the door, took off and went for the guy a block away. He saw me and took off for another fare
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668259398993735680)
The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission confirmed to the New York Daily News that Roker had filed a complaint.
"Service refusal goes to the core of the taxi industry's social contract with the riding public (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/al-roker-yellow-cab-snubbed-black-article-1.2442923) and it will not be tolerated," Commission chair Meera Joshi told the newspaper. "We're grateful that Mr. Roker took the time to file a complaint, and I can assure him that we will investigate this thoroughly and take every appropriate action."
Earlier this year, a taxi driver was fined $25,000 (http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150806/midtown/taxi-driver-fined-25k-for-refusing-pick-up-black-executive-her-kids) after telling a black family he was off duty, then stopping to pick up two white passengers, according to DNAinfo New York.
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Roker, longtime weather anchor for NBC's "Today" show, fired off a series of tweets that evening saying he was filing a complaint with the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission over the incident:
Filed a complaint today after getting passed up again by a NYC Yellow cab. Cabbie picked up a white guy a block away. Wonder why Uber wins?
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668239668337614849)
This happens to folks of color every day. And while most cabbies do their job, there are those ignorant, racist ones who hurt the others
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668243194182828033)
What really hurts, my 13 yr. old boy was with me and asked why the cabbie passed us. I said, "Nick, ignorant people make dumb choices"
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668245112892338176)
Hopefully @nyctaxi (https://twitter.com/nyctaxi) weeds out the bad apples. Looking forward to a hearing and dealing with this. I will keep you posted
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668247353330135040)
When questioned on Twitter, Roker said he was trying to bring a sick child to see a doctor (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668247827684958208), and offered more detail:
@mariamadelyn_ (https://twitter.com/mariamadelyn_) he pulled up, I reached for the door, took off and went for the guy a block away. He saw me and took off for another fare
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/alroker/status/668259398993735680)
The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission confirmed to the New York Daily News that Roker had filed a complaint.
"Service refusal goes to the core of the taxi industry's social contract with the riding public (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/al-roker-yellow-cab-snubbed-black-article-1.2442923) and it will not be tolerated," Commission chair Meera Joshi told the newspaper. "We're grateful that Mr. Roker took the time to file a complaint, and I can assure him that we will investigate this thoroughly and take every appropriate action."
Earlier this year, a taxi driver was fined $25,000 (http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150806/midtown/taxi-driver-fined-25k-for-refusing-pick-up-black-executive-her-kids) after telling a black family he was off duty, then stopping to pick up two white passengers, according to DNAinfo New York.
Also on HuffPost:
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