Black Panther director Ryan Coogler mistakenly arrested for bank robbery

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty sure that Mr. Coogler doesn’t read DCUM, but if he has a friend that does, please ask him to support Black-owned banks and credit unions — if he does not already. The downside will be that even with glasses and a COVID mask, he will likely have dozens of people eager to excitedly tell him how much his work means to them and to their communities. The upside is that no one will ever EVER call the police when he’s trying to make a withdrawal from his own account.

In DC I can highly recommend Industrial Bank, and I’m sure that he can get some excellent suggestions for options in the Atlanta area. I get the convenience of a large — and overly-aggressive (in multiple senses of the word) — chain, but sometimes respect and safety and dignity and kindness are priorities that supersede convenience.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody uses withdrawal slips. But I wonder if they thought he was being impersonated?

Usually withdrawal slips are not used for such high amounts. You request to speak to the bank manager about the account and go to a private office.

I've worked with corporations in accounting and banks like WF/BOA actually have private business offices where they take high profile clients. These are unidentified SEPARATE facilities from the public walk-in-from-the-street banks that you see publicly identified. Unfortunately if you've never worked in the situation (as a low level financial peon sent to get cash) or come from a wealthy background, you wouldn't know about that either.

Agree, but even so, anyone can walk in and request to go to a private office. Even if you do not know the procedure. I'm just a regular nobody and I've done it a few times.

So, “if you do not know the procedure” how would you even know that such a procedure is even possible? In order to ask for something, it would help to know that it’s there.

The teller —or whoever she consulted — had his account information and had or could have asked for his ID. At any point, someone from the bank could have said that for a sizable withdrawal or for the privacy that he might prefer, a manager can handle this in an office. And they could have introduced him to the manager and taken him to that office.
It’s wild how so many people are working very hard to twist this so that it’s somehow Mr Coogler’s fault that multiple people who should have been working on Mr. Coogler’s behalf screwed up royally.

To answer all the people that are saying “how would he even know these unwritten rules?” Trust me, he has been told them. We are very high net worth clients of banks. They want as much of your money as possible. So they call you frequently (it’s annoying) trying to get you into their various financial products, offer you services Joe Shmoe doesn’t get so you keep your million plus there. You have your own point of contact within the bank. If you are high net worth, you aren’t treated the same as someone who has got thousands in their account.

Bull Sh*t. Banks don't treat you any differently unless your Bill Gates wealthy.

Real high net worth here with too much money parked in an account with a local bank. They called and harassed me about it and moving it to various investments vehicles. Unlike you, I knew to tell them to never call me again. They know me and when I go in to withdraw money, I stand in line and wait for the teller like everyone else. I posted above about not having done it in a long time and talked to the manager who came out to greet me. She walked me over to the first empty teller. I have done other business with that bank and only when we have forms to fill out or options to discuss do we ever go in to one of those rooms. They've never invited me to a room to withdraw cash even when I expressed being uncomfortable with it because of the amount. NEVER. Someone always comes and talks to me while I'm in the line and I often chat with them after but despite my discomfort, the teller is going to put on that Las Vegas display of shuffling the money and letting everyone in the building know how much money I've withdrawn.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody uses withdrawal slips. But I wonder if they thought he was being impersonated?

Usually withdrawal slips are not used for such high amounts. You request to speak to the bank manager about the account and go to a private office.

I've worked with corporations in accounting and banks like WF/BOA actually have private business offices where they take high profile clients. These are unidentified SEPARATE facilities from the public walk-in-from-the-street banks that you see publicly identified. Unfortunately if you've never worked in the situation (as a low level financial peon sent to get cash) or come from a wealthy background, you wouldn't know about that either.

Agree, but even so, anyone can walk in and request to go to a private office. Even if you do not know the procedure. I'm just a regular nobody and I've done it a few times.

So, “if you do not know the procedure” how would you even know that such a procedure is even possible? In order to ask for something, it would help to know that it’s there.

The teller —or whoever she consulted — had his account information and had or could have asked for his ID. At any point, someone from the bank could have said that for a sizable withdrawal or for the privacy that he might prefer, a manager can handle this in an office. And they could have introduced him to the manager and taken him to that office.
It’s wild how so many people are working very hard to twist this so that it’s somehow Mr Coogler’s fault that multiple people who should have been working on Mr. Coogler’s behalf screwed up royally.

To answer all the people that are saying “how would he even know these unwritten rules?” Trust me, he has been told them. We are very high net worth clients of banks. They want as much of your money as possible. So they call you frequently (it’s annoying) trying to get you into their various financial products, offer you services Joe Shmoe doesn’t get so you keep your million plus there. You have your own point of contact within the bank. If you are high net worth, you aren’t treated the same as someone who has got thousands in their account.

Why — exactly — should we trust that an anonymous rich person posting on DCUM knows exactly what absolutely every “high net worth” person has been told at some point? How are you SO certain that these “rules” work at every branch of every bank in some standardized way for everyone — even for wealthy Black guys in hoodies? Why is your experience so much more valid than the posts of others in this thread who have had very different experiences? And why, if banks are so wonderfully thorough at making sure that all “high net worth people” know this —and have their own point of contact within the bank” — do they not bother to make sure that EVERY teller has the training to know this as well?

I’m eager to learn more about this! Bonus points if you have experiences as a Black man in America — that will allow us to more easily compare your own personal “high net worth” experiences with Mr. Coogler’s.

This person has $43.89 sitting in an account somewhere and is making this stuff up. Most stars have people who have access who do this stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the teller didn’t believe he was who he said he was (sun glasses, hat, mask). Presumably someone like a manager could ask him to remove his mask and sunglasses to confirm his ID? That seems reasonable for a >10,000 withdrawal. Calling the cops is strange for suspected identity theft.

Agree - walking into a bank dressed like a bank robber probably wasn’t the best idea. LA - winter hat, hoodie, sunglasses.

LA of all places and the hand written note is beyond belief!

It WAS NOT LA!

Maybe you should spend some time reading the thread or googling the facts before chiming in to show how stupid you are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody uses withdrawal slips. But I wonder if they thought he was being impersonated?

Usually withdrawal slips are not used for such high amounts. You request to speak to the bank manager about the account and go to a private office.

I've worked with corporations in accounting and banks like WF/BOA actually have private business offices where they take high profile clients. These are unidentified SEPARATE facilities from the public walk-in-from-the-street banks that you see publicly identified. Unfortunately if you've never worked in the situation (as a low level financial peon sent to get cash) or come from a wealthy background, you wouldn't know about that either.

Agree, but even so, anyone can walk in and request to go to a private office. Even if you do not know the procedure. I'm just a regular nobody and I've done it a few times.

So, “if you do not know the procedure” how would you even know that such a procedure is even possible? In order to ask for something, it would help to know that it’s there.

The teller —or whoever she consulted — had his account information and had or could have asked for his ID. At any point, someone from the bank could have said that for a sizable withdrawal or for the privacy that he might prefer, a manager can handle this in an office. And they could have introduced him to the manager and taken him to that office.
It’s wild how so many people are working very hard to twist this so that it’s somehow Mr Coogler’s fault that multiple people who should have been working on Mr. Coogler’s behalf screwed up royally.

To answer all the people that are saying “how would he even know these unwritten rules?” Trust me, he has been told them. We are very high net worth clients of banks. They want as much of your money as possible. So they call you frequently (it’s annoying) trying to get you into their various financial products, offer you services Joe Shmoe doesn’t get so you keep your million plus there. You have your own point of contact within the bank. If you are high net worth, you aren’t treated the same as someone who has got thousands in their account.

Bull Sh*t. Banks don't treat you any differently unless your Bill Gates wealthy.

Real high net worth here with too much money parked in an account with a local bank. They called and harassed me about it and moving it to various investments vehicles. Unlike you, I knew to tell them to never call me again. They know me and when I go in to withdraw money, I stand in line and wait for the teller like everyone else. I posted above about not having done it in a long time and talked to the manager who came out to greet me. She walked me over to the first empty teller. I have done other business with that bank and only when we have forms to fill out or options to discuss do we ever go in to one of those rooms. They've never invited me to a room to withdraw cash even when I expressed being uncomfortable with it because of the amount. NEVER. Someone always comes and talks to me while I'm in the line and I often chat with them after but despite my discomfort, the teller is going to put on that Las Vegas display of shuffling the money and letting everyone in the building know how much money I've withdrawn.

Shrug. I don’t know what to tell you. I guess you don’t have as much money at banks as we do. I think it’s hilarious that you are taking this so personally “unlike you, I knew to tell them to never call me again.” Okay. LOL

[Anonymous]

I don’t know- at the end of the day it’s hard to feel sorry for a multi-millionaire. It’s like when Oprah claimed she got racially profiled when she tried to buy a Birken at a Hermes store. Cry me a river!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know- at the end of the day it’s hard to feel sorry for a multi-millionaire. It’s like when Oprah claimed she got racially profiled when she tried to buy a Birken at a Hermes store. Cry me a river!

When we speak out about injustices that happen to our people we are not looking for your pity.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know- at the end of the day it’s hard to feel sorry for a multi-millionaire. It’s like when Oprah claimed she got racially profiled when she tried to buy a Birken at a Hermes store. Cry me a river!

When we speak out about injustices that happen to our people we are not looking for your pity.

Who is “our” people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody uses withdrawal slips. But I wonder if they thought he was being impersonated?

Usually withdrawal slips are not used for such high amounts. You request to speak to the bank manager about the account and go to a private office.

I've worked with corporations in accounting and banks like WF/BOA actually have private business offices where they take high profile clients. These are unidentified SEPARATE facilities from the public walk-in-from-the-street banks that you see publicly identified. Unfortunately if you've never worked in the situation (as a low level financial peon sent to get cash) or come from a wealthy background, you wouldn't know about that either.

Heck, even my local credit union has a private office like that. I've used it for far smaller amounts than are being discussed here.

This being said-he clearly was NOT a bank robber or a threat. He handed over his account number and ID for goodness sakes. His note asked to take cash out of his OWN account! Teller should have asked him if he wanted to see a manager-they could have then gone to a private office and did the transaction.

[Anonymous]

PP here- I will say that any bank I've gone to has signs that say hats and sunglasses must be removed upon entry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people on DCUM are such racists-- they don't even hopefully realize how biased they are.

Twisting themselves into pretzels trying to find ways why this is right. Meanwhile sporting a BLM sign in their front yards. 🤮

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Anonymous wrote:Things a black man can’t do, from this discussion

- withdraw money from his own checking account
- wear a hoodie in January
- wear a winter hat in winter
- wear a mask to comply with mask mandate

Come on don't be a drama queen. Just don't give hand-wrriten note to a teller when you are dressed like a bank robber. Is that so hard? He just happened to be a black, the teller didn't call the cop just because he is a black.

How should one dress in winter? If he wasn't supposed to give the teller a handwritten note why didn't the bank inform him of this the other times he conducted his transactions this way?

« A black », uh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know- at the end of the day it’s hard to feel sorry for a multi-millionaire. It’s like when Oprah claimed she got racially profiled when she tried to buy a Birken at a Hermes store. Cry me a river!

When we speak out about injustices that happen to our people we are not looking for your pity.

Who is “our” people?

If it’s not obvious to you, then you probably have no business participating in this discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody uses withdrawal slips. But I wonder if they thought he was being impersonated?

Usually withdrawal slips are not used for such high amounts. You request to speak to the bank manager about the account and go to a private office.

I've worked with corporations in accounting and banks like WF/BOA actually have private business offices where they take high profile clients. These are unidentified SEPARATE facilities from the public walk-in-from-the-street banks that you see publicly identified. Unfortunately if you've never worked in the situation (as a low level financial peon sent to get cash) or come from a wealthy background, you wouldn't know about that either.

Agree, but even so, anyone can walk in and request to go to a private office. Even if you do not know the procedure. I'm just a regular nobody and I've done it a few times.

So, “if you do not know the procedure” how would you even know that such a procedure is even possible? In order to ask for something, it would help to know that it’s there.

The teller —or whoever she consulted — had his account information and had or could have asked for his ID. At any point, someone from the bank could have said that for a sizable withdrawal or for the privacy that he might prefer, a manager can handle this in an office. And they could have introduced him to the manager and taken him to that office.
It’s wild how so many people are working very hard to twist this so that it’s somehow Mr Coogler’s fault that multiple people who should have been working on Mr. Coogler’s behalf screwed up royally.

To answer all the people that are saying “how would he even know these unwritten rules?” Trust me, he has been told them. We are very high net worth clients of banks. They want as much of your money as possible. So they call you frequently (it’s annoying) trying to get you into their various financial products, offer you services Joe Shmoe doesn’t get so you keep your million plus there. You have your own point of contact within the bank. If you are high net worth, you aren’t treated the same as someone who has got thousands in their account.

Bull Sh*t. Banks don't treat you any differently unless your Bill Gates wealthy.

Real high net worth here with too much money parked in an account with a local bank. They called and harassed me about it and moving it to various investments vehicles. Unlike you, I knew to tell them to never call me again. They know me and when I go in to withdraw money, I stand in line and wait for the teller like everyone else. I posted above about not having done it in a long time and talked to the manager who came out to greet me. She walked me over to the first empty teller. I have done other business with that bank and only when we have forms to fill out or options to discuss do we ever go in to one of those rooms. They've never invited me to a room to withdraw cash even when I expressed being uncomfortable with it because of the amount. NEVER. Someone always comes and talks to me while I'm in the line and I often chat with them after but despite my discomfort, the teller is going to put on that Las Vegas display of shuffling the money and letting everyone in the building know how much money I've withdrawn.

I worked in banks for several years in my 20s. Most of them were in high traffic areas with lots of local businesses that did their banking with us. They routinely would come in with sacks of cash to deposit or wanted to withdraw thousands (For an in-store ATM, for ex.) and we do it right there at the window. We had privacy booths/rooms available but that was only if they (or any customer) requested it. We didn’t automatically send anyone to a special room over a certain dollar amount.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some people on DCUM are such racists-- they don't even hopefully realize how biased they are.

Twisting themselves into pretzels trying to find ways why this is right. Meanwhile sporting a BLM sign in their front yards. 🤮

Ha-exactly! My husband is a high level banker + I am a lawyer. We are millionaires several times over. No bank has ever told me there is a special "back channel or place" for big withdrawals.