I watch these Uber/Lyft videos because they are both entertaining and educational. This one is no different and it shows an unnecessary escalation to a possible assault with a deadly weapon.
The Youtuber titles the video “Violent lyft passengers werent expecting a crazy mf driver” except the passenger (besides being assholes and verbally abusive, never presented a reasonable threat of death or grave bodily harm for the driver to pull out a knife.
According to the driver, Lyft permanently deactivated him. He says it is because the video because the company asked him to take it down and he refused. I would have taken it down because it is possible evidence of assault with a deadly weapon. If you are stupid enough to play tough guy for YouTube and give authorities the evidence, you deserve a nice quiet Christmas Holiday at the county lock up.
It seems that today’s theme is Avoidance, Deterrence and De-Escalation.
Interesting as usual. My question to y’all is, did YouTube get off of their high horse about the evil gun videos and change the policy or just look the other way to maximise their profit? Inquiring minds want to know!