No thank you for your service to our country now get out of my cab! Dysfunctional Veterans NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Kentucky National Guard member says a Nashville cabbie told him to get out of a taxi Sunday after asking if he was in the Army. Allen Pendley told News 2 he was wearing his military uniform when picked up at the downtown Nashville Greyhound Bus station by a Yellow Cab driver described as having what he considered a Somali accent. The Guard member, who had just taken a bus back to Nashville after finishing drills in Kentucky, said he had gone several blocks through the downtown area before the cabbie asked him if he was in the Army. I replied yes, and then he told me to get out, without saying anything else, said Pendley who told News 2 he takes Nashville cabs several times a week because he is a student at an area technical college. I have never had anything like this ever happen to me when I have been in uniform. I think its discrimination, he added. The soldier said the cabbie then sped away after leaving him near the Tennessee Performing Arts Center shortly before 4 p.m. Pendley, who is a veteran of Iraq in 2009-10, said he intends to file a formal complaint with the Metro Nashville agency that regulates cabs. The 25-year-old soldier said he called Yellow Cab immediately after the incident. Yellow Cab executives were not aware of the complaint when contacted by News 2. Pendley was able to get another cab.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 03:13:12 +0000
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