There's a new ride-sharing option for
all you folks who might be terrified to be driven around.
Maybe you're in an area that is crime-ridden and
you need someone to protect you.
So, Black Wolf is a new ride-sharing app, just like Uber and Lyft,
except you have the option to choose a driver who is armed.
>> Thank you. >> Who's armed.
So, if there's a threat,
the driver who happens to have a firearm arm is able to do.
>> The same exact thing.
Right before you said it, I was about to go,
dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun.
And they're gonna fire like this.
>> No, but, guys, I can't help but think about goofy movie scenes when I
think about what this service offers, right?
>> I immediately thought of Harrison Ford getting caught in an alleyway and
having to shoot his way out, okay?
>> All right.
>> Balls, all right.
>> So, let's get to the details here.
It was founded by a 32-year-old former private investigator by the name
of Kerry KingBrown, okay?
32 year old former private investigator.
So, he's already had a rich career in private investigating.
Now, Black Wolf promises to keep riders safe from
the wave of crime and mass shootings.
Here's what it says.
Who are mostly on the news getting robbed, getting raped.
The average person.
What I'm creating is a necessary evil.
It's a necessity, says Kerry King Brown, who's the founder of Black Wolf.
Now, the ride-sharing app requires drivers to pass a background check and
also undergo training on how to handle a firearm as well as how to de-escalate
situations.
>> Good. >> So, Brown told Atlanta First News that
he's worked as a private investigator and bodyguard and claims many of the drivers
who work for the company come from military and security backgrounds.
The news outlet even showed a clip of Brown near Representative Marjorie Green,
strongly suggesting Brown worked as a bodyguard for
the controversial Congresswoman.
And in the weeks since it launched, there have been some 80,000
downloads of that app, specifically, according to Atlanta First News.
And here's more of what the service offers.
If you're a little uncomfortable with the armed driver,
there are other options for you.
Brown service is being sold as executive protection for
people who are worried about their personal safety.
They offer three different services armed executive protection,
unarmed executive protection, and school executive protection.
The school-based option is being marketed as a way to send children to school
more safely.
We live in a hellscape, and this is a good symptom of that, I think.
>> Yeah, so I actually think this is a perfect sign of the times.
Like, we can't actually solve any problems.
So, we just add to the problems by,
everybody's getting shot in a mass shooting.
Well, don't worry.
We'll give guns to everyone, including your Uber drivers,
which thereby it's not Uber you get it, but the equivalent of Uber-
>> It's Black Wolf.
>> Okay, so first of all, I don't wanna use anything called Black Wolf or
Black Water or any of those things, okay?
Normally, talk to the drivers.
If I'm using Uber, Lyft, or whatever taxi, well, I'm not gonna talk to these guys.
You get into a slight misunderstanding.
The dude has a gun, right?
What is more likely that there's going to happen to be a mass shooting right as
you're driving from the Denny's to your house or wherever you're going, okay?
Or you're gonna get an argument with the driver and he's gonna shoot you?
I got news for you.
The argument with the driver is much, much more likely.
But it is a sign of the times cuz people are nervous and
they're taking advantage of the fear that people have, right?
And so you don't have to do this for your kid to bring your kids to school, but
we should solve the issue of guns being everywhere, so you don't have to worry
about using a service like this to bring your kids to school.
>> Why don't we go to this fun video showing us how the company intends to keep
your children safe?
>> Attempted abductions of school-age children are more likely to
happen at bus stops or while walking to and from school.
With our black wolf drivers, you can give yourself a peace of mind knowing that your
child will arrive safely from doorstep to school and
back home while also having access to real-time GPS tracking and
live streaming so you can watch your child's journey every step of the way.
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>> It sounds like a really great idea to put your kids in a car with an armed
stranger.
>> Yeah, now we're in a Denzel Washington movie.
I was trying to look up the one where he's protecting the little blonde girl.
>> Man on fire.
>> Man on fire, yeah.
Okay, that's gonna be the trailer for this new app.
Like men on fire.
They're trying to kidnap and dismember your kids, but we will protect you.
It's really an indictment of us, though.
>> It is.
I mean, look, I don't begrudge the business idea.
I mean, it's capitalizing off of a massive issue we have in the country,
which in fact, is gun violence.
It absolutely is.
And people are scared.
And so if there's a market there that you can start a business from,
then that's exactly what's happening here.
It's a pricey service, though, so let's keep it real.
It's a little different from Uber or Lyft in that it costs a lot more.
There's a flat rate to begin with, and then you get charged by the mile.
So, riders pay a base rate of $50 for
an unarmed driver in addition to an additional $1.75 per mile.
If you want an armed driver, though, the price goes up.
It costs $60 for the base rate, followed by a rate of $1.75 per mile.
And after its early success in Atlanta,
the app is looking to expand to other places, including New York City.
Brown said that he's looking to enter the New York City market with help from
a connection, a detective in the NYPD who has his own security company and
provides training for drivers.
Brown acknowledged the strict gun laws that make it difficult to obtain
a permit to carry a firearm.
>> Yeah, no, I'm telling you, man.
Again, it's not on them.
But it sucks that we're in that Harrison Ford movie, all of us together,
and it's not some weirdo action movie.
It's actually our lives and it ain't cool.
So, the movie I was thinking was Clear and Present Danger, where he's Jack Ryan and
they get stuck in that alleyway and they have to shoot their way out of it.
But I'm gonna end the story on the most unfortunate part.
Why is another term for private investigator private dick?
>> No, it's not.
Is it really?
No one says that, though.
>> Yeah, no, that's an old-school term.
>> It's super old timey.
>> Yeah. >> People have moved on, Cenk.
We're doing better now.
>> Okay, all right.
But I'm telling you-.
>> Private dick?
>> This guy's a private dick.
>> Okay, stay away [LAUGH].