In September 2015, Uber raised its middle finger to the Metropolitan Taxi Commission and launched its UberX service in St. Louis, defying regulators. Nearly a year later, with court challenges mounting, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story about an Uber driver who allegedly witnessed a rape in his backseat has given the company's enemies a fresh source of ammunition.
The story, by the P-D's Joe Holleman, has been seized on by critics of the ride-sharing company.…