[BurgerTiime]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article197025519.html

A shared Lyft ride left Jose Gonzalez's forehead pierced by a woman's high-heel shoe and his lip and face bloodied and bruised, after he said he was beaten by an irate passenger.

Gonzalez told WPLG Local 10 that he'd hailed Lyft, a ride-sharing company, from outside Twist, the popular South Beach gay bar on Washington Avenue early Thursday morning to get a ride to his home in North Miami Beach. He opted for a discounted pool ride and slid into the front seat. A woman passenger was already sitting in the back, he said.

When the driver told the passengers he was going to drop Gonzalez off first, the woman allegedly became angry, shouted "f----ing gays," and punched and kicked Gonzalez in the face.

According to WPLG, the unidentified driver kicked the woman out of the car and brought a bloodied Gonzalez home.

Photo of: Melissa Berthier

City of Miami Beach spokeswoman Melissa Berthier told the Miami Herald that the incident happened around 4 a.m. Thursday and that Miami Beach police are investigating the attack.

"We are making good progress on an aggravated battery case, which has an element of a hate crime, but that determination would be made by the State Attorney's Office," she said.

The woman and the driver have not been named.

In a statement to the Herald, Lyft said: "What has been described here is incredibly disturbing and completely against our values as a company. There is no place in the Lyft community for discrimination or violence of any kind. As soon as we were made aware of this incident, we immediately deactivated the individual accused of this behavior.

"We also reached out to the victim to offer our support and assistance," Lyft's statement continued. "We stand ready to assist law enforcement in any investigation. Lyft has a strict anti-discrimination policy, which can be seen here. Violation of this policy can and does lead to a permanent ban from Lyft's service."

As for Gonzalez, in WPLG's video report he had one question for the woman: "Why? I cannot understand why. I'm still, like, in shock. I can't believe it."

 

[7Miles]

Make him a spokesperson for Lyft Line

 

[mrpjfresh]

Headwounds are just brutal, aren't they? Guy looks like a zombie extra from The Walking Dead. I wonder if the driver added insult to injury and hit him with a cleaning fee as well?

 

[Mole]

Who the does Lyft line and or pool at 4 in the morning? Lyft line and pool should only be available between 6-9 am and 4-7pm m-f

 

[Over/Uber]

Who the does Lyft line and or pool at 4 in the morning? Lyft line and pool should only be available between 6-9 am and 4-7pm m-f

How is this relevant to a discussion on a report about a hate crime? Obviously the man who was attacked and the crazy bigoted take Line in the middle of the night. Sounds like a couple of typical Americans to me.

What I want to know, is, who the hell is the woman in the pic in the story?

 

[Mole]

How is this relevant to a discussion on a report about a hate crime? Obviously the man who was attacked and the crazy bigoted b!tch take Line in the middle of the night. Sounds like a couple of typical Americans to me.

What I want to know, is, who the hell is the woman in the pic in the story?

City of Miami Beach spokeswoman Melissa Berthier.

Because you do not mix late night drunk people in pool or line after everyone has been drinking.

 

[Over/Uber]

Because you do not mix late night drunk people in pool or line after everyone has been drinking.

Now that makes sense.

Pool ride drunken strangers brawl in my backseat!!

 

[MHR]

She beat up the other rider

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article197025519.html

A shared Lyft ride left Jose Gonzalez's forehead pierced by a woman's high-heel shoe and his lip and face bloodied and bruised, after he said he was beaten by an irate passenger.

Gonzalez told WPLG Local 10 that he'd hailed Lyft, a ride-sharing company, from outside Twist, the popular South Beach gay bar on Washington Avenue early Thursday morning to get a ride to his home in North Miami Beach. He opted for a discounted pool ride and slid into the front seat. A woman passenger was already sitting in the back, he said.

When the driver told the passengers he was going to drop Gonzalez off first, the woman allegedly became angry, shouted "f----ing gays," and punched and kicked Gonzalez in the face.

According to WPLG, the unidentified driver kicked the woman out of the car and brought a bloodied Gonzalez home.

City of Miami Beach spokeswoman Melissa Berthier told the Miami Herald that the incident happened around 4 a.m. Thursday and that Miami Beach police are investigating the attack.

"We are making good progress on an aggravated battery case, which has an element of a hate crime, but that determination would be made by the State Attorney's Office," she said.

The woman and the driver have not been named.

In a statement to the Herald, Lyft said: "What has been described here is incredibly disturbing and completely against our values as a company. There is no place in the Lyft community for discrimination or violence of any kind. As soon as we were made aware of this incident, we immediately deactivated the individual accused of this behavior.

"We also reached out to the victim to offer our support and assistance," Lyft's statement continued. "We stand ready to assist law enforcement in any investigation. Lyft has a strict anti-discrimination policy, which can be seen here. Violation of this policy can and does lead to a permanent ban from Lyft's service."

A screengrab from a WPLG Local 10 video report shows Lyft passenger Jose Gonzalez bloodied and battered in the face after he said a Lyft passenger in a shared ride from South Beach beat and kicked him when the driver said he was dropping Gonzalez off first.
WPLG 10

As for Gonzalez, in WPLG's video report he had one question for the woman: "Why? I cannot understand why. I'm still, like, in shock. I can't believe it."

Miami Beach police are also investigating other recent incidents in the area, including the shooting of Kamil Patel, who was walking in an alley with his girlfriend in the 200 block of Española Way behind the Kill Your Idol karaoke bar. Patel died. And last Saturday morning, after Dwight Silvera crashed his BMW into two cars at Española Way and Collins Avenue, an angry mob surrounded the car and kicked in its windows. Silvera was arrested and charged with DUI.

 

[Mr Jinx]

This is why I stopped accepting pools over a year ago.

About a year ago I picked up a tippsy pretty cute girl and a drunk and creepy guy. Both in the backseat. He sat way too close to her, kept making inappropriate comments and I could tell she was really scared. I stopped and told him to move over and leave her alone. He moved over and then when I started to drive again he started to harass her again.

I finally got to her stop and he said I am just going to get out here and got out of the car. I jumped told him to get the **** back in the car or I am calling the police. He got back in cursed me out for the next 3 mins before I kicked him out. He got out left my door opened called me a few choice words.

I reported it and uber’s response was they would never pair us again. Thanks uber, Smh. This guy ripped me to shreds in reports. I requested from uber (via email because they didn’t have the useless call center yet) to remove the rating, but uber refused.

I haven’t accepted a pool since.

They also pay shit and you are guaranteed no tip.

 

[Mars Troll Number 4]

This is a textbook case of what happens when you do pool..

 

[Mr Jinx]

Yea before I cut off pools, I had pax get in and threaten to give me a poor rating if I picked up someone else. I had pax going to the airport tell me they were in a hurry (then don’t take a ****ing pool). I had a pool from the West Loop request to go to Bloomington (yea I kicked that asshole out of my car).

No pools ever again. I don’t care if it’s a slow night or I am trying to finish a quest. **** pools

 

[JimKE]

What I want to know, is, who the hell is the woman in the pic in the story?

Nobody. Miami Beach PR flack who talked to the TV reporter and told him what he wanted to hear.

Google TV10 Miami and watch the story to understand what I mean. This story is just the Herald regurgitating a TV stations actual journalism. Lazy beyond words.

Headwounds are just brutal, aren't they?

Yeah, the head is very vascular. Bleeds a LOT, and usually looks much worse than it actually is. You can see that the blood is smeared all over his face...possibly trying to clean it up.

That said, Mr. Gonzalez is very lucky he wasn't injured much worse than he was. If that heel had hit him in the eye, he could have been in very bad shape. Also, his much more serious injury is to the lip and doesn't really show well in that picture.

Who the F does Lyft line and or pool at 4 in the morning?

In fairness...the night is young in SoBe at 4AM. Many clubs don't open until 11 PM.

 

[uberdriverfornow]

lol this story is about as believable as that zombie face they painted on that dude

 

[Martin Kodiak]

No Pool and no rides after midnight. Drunk people fighting, and drunk people trying to funk in my back seat, is not my scene.

 

[rex jones]

I had this happen before, where the guy gets in and is like "no chief" you are dropping me off first, even though the other people were before the guys house.

Also the photo of Melissa is a bit gratuitous. It's almost as if she published the article. Here let me include a big ass picture of me.

How is this relevant to a discussion on a report about a hate crime? Obviously the man who was attacked and the crazy bigoted b!tch take Line in the middle of the night. Sounds like a couple of typical Americans to me.

What I want to know, is, who the hell is the woman in the pic in the story?

Yeah, it is definitely weird she is front and center in the story with a giant picture. If you don't read the complete article, it's like she is the perp.

 

[Coca-Cola]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article197025519.html

A shared Lyft ride left Jose Gonzalez's forehead pierced by a woman's high-heel shoe and his lip and face bloodied and bruised, after he said he was beaten by an irate passenger.

Gonzalez told WPLG Local 10 that he'd hailed Lyft, a ride-sharing company, from outside Twist, the popular South Beach gay bar on Washington Avenue early Thursday morning to get a ride to his home in North Miami Beach. He opted for a discounted pool ride and slid into the front seat. A woman passenger was already sitting in the back, he said.

When the driver told the passengers he was going to drop Gonzalez off first, the woman allegedly became angry, shouted "f----ing gays," and punched and kicked Gonzalez in the face.

According to WPLG, the unidentified driver kicked the woman out of the car and brought a bloodied Gonzalez home.

Photo of: Melissa Berthier

City of Miami Beach spokeswoman Melissa Berthier told the Miami Herald that the incident happened around 4 a.m. Thursday and that Miami Beach police are investigating the attack.

"We are making good progress on an aggravated battery case, which has an element of a hate crime, but that determination would be made by the State Attorney's Office," she said.

The woman and the driver have not been named.

In a statement to the Herald, Lyft said: "What has been described here is incredibly disturbing and completely against our values as a company. There is no place in the Lyft community for discrimination or violence of any kind. As soon as we were made aware of this incident, we immediately deactivated the individual accused of this behavior.

"We also reached out to the victim to offer our support and assistance," Lyft's statement continued. "We stand ready to assist law enforcement in any investigation. Lyft has a strict anti-discrimination policy, which can be seen here. Violation of this policy can and does lead to a permanent ban from Lyft's service."

As for Gonzalez, in WPLG's video report he had one question for the woman: "Why? I cannot understand why. I'm still, like, in shock. I can't believe it."

This is why you should not use Uber Pool and Uber Pool should be eliminated.

Looks like he got hit by Mike Tyson.

 

[JimKE]

The only thing that surprises me about this case is that the driver didn't call police or rescue right away. He apparently just drove him all the way home, which is about 20 miles. I guess for $20, he didn't mind the guy bleeding all over his car.

 

[UberLaLa]

The only thing that surprises me about this case is that the driver didn't call police or rescue right away. He apparently just drove him all the way home, which is about 20 miles. I guess for $20, he didn't mind the guy bleeding all over his car.

Driver will probably get deactivated based on lady passengers lies that he hit her.

 

[JimKE]

Nobody. Miami Beach PR flack who talked to the TV reporter and told him what he wanted to hear.

I misspoke.

Turns out Ms. Berthier is actually OFFICER Melissa Berthier of the Miami Beach PD. She apparently works in their media relations office as an official spokesperson for the police department -- not the political hacks in city government.

This story is very poorly copied from a TV broadcast, so the description of Officer Berthier is pretty vague. But I saw her official title in another local story about a murder on the beach. They're having a tough week on SoBe this week. Can't wait until it gets busy!

 

[Jesusdrivesuber]

Now theres a girl mad at today's PC/homosexually leaned society, yep it's getting unnerving and the festering of repressed forms of expression will eventually lead to violence with the right drink/drug and the right trigger.

She must have been black, that ass kick was brutal.