Undercover sting by black police officers prompts crackdown on racial bias by LAX cab drivers [LATimes.com]

Samantha Sangenito 1/25/1612:00 PM

A City Council committee moved Tuesday to tighten penalties for taxi drivers who face complaints of discrimination for refusing to pick up an airport passenger on the basis of race.

The action was spurred by a recent undercover operation by two black police officers, who found that taxi drivers rejected 20% of their requests for rides at LAX.

[For more of this story, written by Laura J. Nelson, go to http://www.latimes.com/local/c...-20160120-story.html]

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