EPISODE · Feb 5, 2023 · 29 MIN
Episode 9 - #BoycottHertz
from Natasha Explains It All · host Natasha Távora Baker
Hertz filed (at least) hundreds of false police reports against customers falsely accusing them of stealing Hertz's vehicles. This resulted in life-altering changes to innocent people's lives: arrests, jailing, criminal records, losing employment, suffering health problems, etc. Even after getting sued, Hertz has tried to escape responsibility by trying to keep documents sealed that detail their abuse. Corporations don't change until their bottom line is hurt. Let's use our power as consumers to vote with our dollar and #BoycottHertz #truthHertz For more reading: ‘I Could’ve Been Dead’: Hundreds of False Stolen Car Reports Put Black Hertz Customers At Risk, Leading to Arrests at Gunpoint, Lost Wages, a Miscarriage and Other Traumas - Atlanta Black Star Hertz will pay $168 million to customers it falsely accused of stealing its cars - NPR Senators call for investigations into Hertz following CBS News reports of hundreds of customers allegedly being falsely arrested - CBS News Hertz agrees to pay $168 to settle false arrest claims by hundreds of customers - USA Today Hertz to pay $168M to settle lawsuits involving false police reports filed against its own customers - 13 WTHR And the Supreme Court case that allows police to conduct pretextual traffic stops? Whren v. US Some arguments on why we need to get police out of traffic stops: The Case For Ending All Traffic Stops - Jalopnik Get Police Out of The Business of Traffic Stops - The Washington Post
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Hertz filed (at least) hundreds of false police reports against customers falsely accusing them of stealing Hertz's vehicles. This resulted in life-altering changes to innocent people's lives: arrests, jailing, criminal records, losing employment, suffering health problems, etc. Even after getting sued, Hertz has tried to escape responsibility by trying to keep documents sealed that detail their abuse. Corporations don't change until their bottom line is hurt. Let's use our power as consumers to vote with our dollar and #BoycottHertz #truthHertz For more reading: ‘I Could’ve Been Dead’: Hundreds of False Stolen Car Reports Put Black Hertz Customers At Risk, Leading to Arrests at Gunpoint, Lost Wages, a Miscarriage and Other Traumas - Atlanta Black Star Hertz will pay $168 million to customers it falsely accused of stealing its cars - NPR Senators call for investigations into Hertz following CBS News reports of hundreds of customers allegedly being falsely arrested - CBS News Hertz agrees to pay $168 to settle false arrest claims by hundreds of customers - USA Today Hertz to pay $168M to settle lawsuits involving false police reports filed against its own customers - 13 WTHR And the Supreme Court case that allows police to conduct pretextual traffic stops? Whren v. US Some arguments on why we need to get police out of traffic stops: The Case For Ending All Traffic Stops - Jalopnik Get Police Out of The Business of Traffic Stops - The Washington Post
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