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    Uber makes him crazy

    I don't know how many of use uber, or saw the news story about the uber driver who went on a killing spree. I thought you might want to see the news report, and then see the next level of craziness.

    Uber murderer

    Police say Dalton, while moonlighting as an Uber driver, randomly shot victims at three locations in between fares. The attacks started at about 6 p.m. when police say Dalton shot a woman four times at an apartment complex parking lot. The victim was hospitalized in serious condition.

    After four hours of quiet, the spree apparently turned deadly. Police say Dalton shot and killed a father and son sitting in their cars at a Kia car dealership at about 10 p.m. And 15 minutes later, police say he killed four people and critically wounded a 14-year-old girl in a Cracker Barrel parking lot.

    Dalton was arrested without incident at about 12:45 a.m. Sunday after a Kalamazoo County sheriff's deputy spotted a car matching the description of Dalton's vehicle leaving a bar parking lot. A semiautomatic handgun was found in the car, police said.
    As if killing people wasn't enough, he's now suing Uber:
    $10 million lawsuit

    Jason Dalton, 45, filed the two-page, handwritten lawsuit against Uber in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Tuesday, saying the company ruined his life and never invited him to any "corporate parties."

    "Uber doesn't care about its drivers. We are peasants and pawn pieces to Uber's bottom line," Dalton wrote, adding that the company discriminates against him because of his mental health. "I'm currently in prison because of Uber."
    Dalton told investigators that the Uber ride-sharing app had the ability to "take over" his body, local media outlets reported on Monday.

    Dalton told police that when he would press a button on his phone screen, the horned cow head of a devil would appear and give him an assignment that he said would "literally take over" his body, local television station WZZM reported.

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    Its an odd story all the way around, wonder if he went off of meds or should have been on meds.

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    I've been keeping up with this story..I use Uber and for the most part, no problems.

    Basically this guy, and his lawyer are getting ducks in a row for an insanity defense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaithfulOne View Post

    Basically this guy, and his lawyer are getting ducks in a row for an insanity defense.
    That might be an appropriate answer in this case. He says he's going to represent himself in the civil suit....crazy...

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    Well this is interesting...

    http://www.wxyz.com/news/lawsuit-aga...on-was-a-hoaxa

    KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a lawsuit against Uber filed in the name of a driver accused of gunning down six people between picking up fares is bogus.

    Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said Thursday that he saw reports about a handwritten lawsuit by Jason Dalton seeking $10 million from the ride-hailing service and became suspicious because the envelope it reportedly was mailed in had a Philadelphia postmark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaithfulOne View Post
    Well this is interesting...

    http://www.wxyz.com/news/lawsuit-aga...on-was-a-hoaxa

    KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a lawsuit against Uber filed in the name of a driver accused of gunning down six people between picking up fares is bogus.

    Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said Thursday that he saw reports about a handwritten lawsuit by Jason Dalton seeking $10 million from the ride-hailing service and became suspicious because the envelope it reportedly was mailed in had a Philadelphia postmark.

    that's weird.

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