How rental company Hertz falsely accused its own customers of auto theft

After accusations resulted in numerous false arrests at gunpoint, the company recently announced it will pay $168m to settle 364 claims

On 13 January 2021, a swarm of police officers with guns drawn suddenly surrounded Saleema Lovelace in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, and asked the 45-year old local community activist to exit the Nissan Sentra she was driving.

Lovelace, a member of Philadelphia's 39th police district advisory council, an organization that seeks to liaise between police officers and local residents, was asked by police to roll down her windows and exit her car before she was placed in handcuffs and put in a police patrol car.