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Begun Center's Daniel Flannery weighs in on shootings of rideshare drivers

Media | April 24, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff
Media Expert: Daniel J. Flannery

Even after 3 rideshare shootings, drivers left with few protections. Why? 

cleveland.com: Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said rideshare drivers are vulnerable because they travel alone, at night and into unfamiliar neighborhoods—and that "any kid can get a gun quickly now."