Two arrests have been made after scenes from a viral video that circulated showed passengers taunting and deliberately coughing on an Uber driver. In the dashcam video, the driver, who had a hand on his head, looked exasperated. A woman in the passenger’s seat uttered an expletive about a mask and then coughed on the driver, while using racial slurs. The driver refused to continue the ride, and the situation escalated. The passenger who had initially coughed on the driver grabbed his phone and tore off his mask, breaking the strap.

Source: New York Times March 15, 2021 18:56 UTC