Is Uber Partly Responsible for Kalamazoo Massacre?

Cabs are expensive. But what you get is a driver who has been fingerprinted and cleared through a legal requirement to run a licensed cab business anywhere in the U.S. You also get an employee-- someone who is eligible for health insurance, workers' comp and other benefits. Ninety minutes before he began to kill people, the Kalamazoo gunman picked up a ride for Uber, but drove so dangerously that the man cut the trip short and called 911. It turns out that the driver had started at Uber a few days before and was getting bad reviews online—but still being dispatched rides and picking up unwitting customers. So much for Uber’s lack of licensing and lack of an HR department.