A New York City taxi driver has been fined $25,000 for refusing to pick up a black family.
The cab driver Baqir Raza told Cynthia Jordan and her two daughters that he was off duty and locked his doors so they wouldn’t enter the cab, DNAinfo reports. But then he drove a short distance and picked up two white passengers.
A city administrative judged ruled that Raza had to pay $10,000 to Jordan and a $15,000 civil fine.
Jordan, a vice president at a stock transfer firm, told DNAinfo, “I’m happy for the judgment. Hopefully, someone will hear about this, and it will affect the way taxi drivers pick up fares in New York.”
[DNAinfo]
More Must-Read Stories From TIME
- TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2021
- Inside Frances Haugen's Decision to Take on Facebook
- Why We Should Stop Freaking Out About Inflation
- Austria's Plan to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Compulsory Is Dividing Citizens — and Experts
- Inside the 80-Year Quest to Name Pearl Harbor's Unknown Victims
- Buying a House Feels Impossible These Days. Here Are 6 Innovative Paths to Homeownership
- 'They're Very Close.' U.S. General Says Iran Is Nearly Able to Build a Nuclear Weapon
- A Charter School's Racial Controversy Reveals the Real Battle For America's Classrooms
Read More From TIME
