After Muhammad Jawaid, a Chicago rideshare driver, was assaulted by two riders this spring, he changed — in more ways than one. He’d been beaten by two young men who’d used an Uber profile of a young woman to request a ride, he said. At pickup, Jawaid said, the men had jumped into the backseat, hit Jawaid in the head with guns, knocked out several of his teeth, and tried to steal his car.
“I’m not the person [that] I used to be anymore, because it made a huge impact on my life,” Jawaid said.
