Woman arrested in Philadelphia for blocking Uber delivery robot
Original title: A woman was arrested in Philly for blocking a delivery robot
Carolyn Marvin was charged with disorderly conduct after police said she refused to move.
Carolyn Marvin was arrested in Philadelphia and charged with disorderly conduct after standing in the path of an Uber delivery robot and refusing to move when police asked. She told ABC13 she was protesting because the robots take delivery workers' jobs. The incident was recorded. Delivery robots are common downtown, and one was kicked over in Center City earlier this year.
- Police asked Marvin to move before arresting her.
- She said this was not her first protest of the robots.
- An earlier Center City robot was kicked over.
- Organizations
- Uber
From the original article
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Carolyn Marvin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after blocking the path of an Uber delivery robot and refusing to get out of the way. Marvin told Philadelphia's ABC13 "I know they're taking the jobs of human delivery workers and so, I have been protesting them whenever I saw them by standing in front of them and preventing them from going forward."
By Terrence O’Brien · theverge.com
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