The Metropolitan Airports Commission today beefed up penalties for cab drivers who decline to serve a customer. The Commission was responding to passenger complaints about Muslim cab drivers refusing to serve passengers carrying alcohol. The MAC says there have been nearly 5,000 cases since 2002 in which a cab driver refused to transport a customer who had or was suspected of having alcohol. Minnesota Public Radio's Marisa Helms reports.
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