Cab Drivers Protest Tickets

(Cleveland, Ohio) About 30 immigrant cab drivers from Somali have complained about receiving unfair treatment from the police. Previously, the drivers used two airport cab lines to pick up passengers but, in the interest of improving traffic flow, airport management eliminated one cab line and any cab not in line is ticketed.

According to a WJW - Fox8 News broadcast, the drivers claim they are unfairly targeted because they are minority immigrants who periodically leave their cabs for prayers at which time they are given tickets for illegal parking.

The drivers decided to take their complaints to City Hall and protest the treatment they have received. Those drivers who parked in front of City Hall to protest their tickets were ticketed again for parking illegally.