Yes, it apparently would cripple Uber if the government started filtering out the criminals. 5 rapes and 170 sexual assaults December 2012 to August 2015 by their own admission (numbers that may have been falsified by Uber. Unsanitized documents showed 5,827 reports of rape, not 5.) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/uber-hits-back-sexual-assault-complaints
That cutoff date probably wouldn't include the well-publicized case in Texas. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150801-dallas-uber-disagree-on-whether-driver-accused-of-rape-was-licensed-to-drive.ece
And what were the nationwide rape and sexual assault stats for standard taxi drivers, from Dec 2012 to August 2015? The fact is they aren’t even collected.
Very disingenuous.