Uber Driver’s mid-ride knife display ignites anxiety and controversy

A disturbing incident on rides on the camera has led to the prohibition of an Uber driver who was casually filmed with a knife while transporting a black female passenger in Charleston, North Carolina. The video, originally posted on June 27 by De Ruiter – known on social media as @xkhatukhu – was viral, which caused widespread concern for its safety and questions about the relationship between Uber drivers and passengers.

“Today I was blessed to make it alive,” wrote Xkhatukhu in the caption of the original post. The clip started with showing the driver, only identified as ‘Ethan’, with a folding knife on his lap. At one point in the nerve-racking video, the Uber driver opened it and started using the knife with both hands, as well as paying the steering wheel.

De Ruiter, a behavioral property, chose not to confront the driver and, instead, discreetly recorded the ride from the back seat.

“I am here to help, but the help he needs, I don’t have that strength,” Xkhatukhu later explained in the Tiktok remarks.
“I choose every time … I would have done nothing else, nor would I risk my life.”

Atlanta Black Star later re -posted the videoAnd the popularity caught the attention of Uber.

The company responded directly in the commentary part of the post and wrote: “Riderve safety is important to us and we take such situations very seriously. We have investigated this incident and have banned the driver of the Uber platform.”

Uber’s safety policy prohibits the drivers that work strictly for the app to possess weapons, in accordance with the applicable laws.

While North Carolina allows the open Carry of knives, the law limits hidden carry and only releases small pocket knives that are four centimeters or less long.
More than 800 people commented on the viral post, with one writing: “That is inappropriate on his part … I don’t care if he is harmless. No one should not take this under any circumstances.”

Although Xkhatukhu has not indicated whether she is planning to take legal action against the driver, she stated that her goal is to increase consciousness.
“This is my story, and the point of my parts is to tell everyone to be careful and use their instincts,” wrote Xkhatukhu. “I reported him to civil servants … he has my address. I don’t play with this man.”

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