Thursday, June 25, 2015

Protest against taxis UberPOP: interpellations in Lyon – Liberation

Nine people were arrested on the fringes of the event taxis Thursday in Lyon: among them three drivers suspected of having been present during the violent assault of a client UberPOP have this weekend was left free, according to police sources.

When asked after a free hearing Thursday morning altercation with a man supposed to be a UberPOP driver, three people could match the video recordings of the suspects of the assault weekend, according to its sources.

If they were present at the beginning of the episode that led to a man of 26, is severely beaten in the night from Saturday to Sunday in Lyon as he would have informed a taxi driver who refused to transport he would appeal to UberPOP Service, there is no indication at this stage of the investigations they are directly or indirectly linked to aggression.

They should, however, be convened again in the context of this investigation that promises “long” according to a police source.

swollen face and injured the victim s ‘was notified 21 days ITT had circled social networks Tuesday. His lawyers wanted the court battle between taxi drivers and drivers UberPOP remains outside investigation.

Three other taxi drivers who were arrested as part of a minor incident on Thursday morning are also available out of the Lyon local police.

Three UberPOP drivers were also arrested for illegally practicing the taxi profession, under a prohibition order made last week by the prefect of the Rhone.

Two of them are subject to criminal summonses in November.

The third Pole Emploi beneficiary and had already accumulated 571 races since May, should also be prosecuted.

About 500 taxis according to the prefecture and the organizers, converged Thursday in the area of ​​Gare Part-Dieu in Lyon, at the foot of a tower housing the local headquarters of UberPOP, whose access was protected by security forces. They were still there in the middle of the afternoon, calling for the withdrawal of the mobile application used by their competitors.

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