A yellow-cab driver passed up Cynthia Jordan and her two daughters in midtown Manhattan, locking his cab doors to prevent them from entering, before driving some 25 feet and picking up two white women.
BY: BREANNA EDWARDS
Posted: Aug. 6 2015 11:10 AM
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A New York City yellow-taxi driver was hit with a $25,000 penalty after refusing to pick up a black family but then picking up two white passengers shortly after, according to DNAinfo New York.
The cabdriver, Baqir Raza, reportedly told Cynthia Jordan and her two daughters that he was off-duty when they tried to hail him down outside Macy’s in midtown Manhattan in late 2013. Raza then proceeded to lock the doors of the vehicle to stop the family from getting in.
The cabdriver then drove about 25 feet away from Jordan and her family and stopped to pick up
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