Black Panther director Ryan Coogler mistakenly arrested for bank robbery

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

Is anyone in this thread, including the racists and those pretending not to be racist, buying this comment?

Um, yes...there is usually a sign on the entrance door or window near the door. Do people in your bank regularly come in wearing hats and sunglasses?

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

Is anyone in this thread, including the racists and those pretending not to be racist, buying this comment?

Um, yes...there is usually a sign on the entrance door or window near the door. Do people in your bank regularly come in wearing hats and sunglasses?

I have never seen a sign like that in DC? I mean, I don’t usually wear sunglasses indoors, but I wouldn’t even think about leaving on my hat on a basically freezing day. It was 33 degrees. A hat is not suspicious unless you are actually just racist & looking for an excuse.

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

Is anyone in this thread, including the racists and those pretending not to be racist, buying this comment?

Um, yes...there is usually a sign on the entrance door or window near the door. Do people in your bank regularly come in wearing hats and sunglasses?

DP: I’ve never thought about it, and I’ve never noticed a sign like that. People DO regularly come in wearing hats (mostly men), regular glasses, which are sometimes tinted, and, since COVID, face masks though.

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Anonymous wrote:Because he’s a Black man. 🤬

Eh… yeah… but he also handed a note, like a bank robber.

He handed the teller a withdrawal slip and wrote on the back of it I would like to withdraw $12,000 cash from my checking account. Please do the money count somewhere else. I’d like to be discreet. This is not what a bank robber does.

They profiled him. And they did it in a city with an extremely wealthy black clientele. Idiots.

In a state the criminalizes it. Whatever cops put cuffs on him can kiss their jobs goodbye too.

The bank called the police and told them they were being robbed. They are going to cuff first and then ask questions.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't the woman who alerted someone to this, a black bank teller? I think that's what TMZ said. If so, this is not a karen situation.

Yes a Black pregnant Bank Teller. She fu&ked up. Apparently, she was processing the transaction and some sort of alert popped up on her screen because of the amount. So instead of calling her supervisor over to deal with the alert, she told her supervisor he was robbing the bank. The cops investigated and said she was at fault.

What an idiot.

He's the idiot. Look at the photos.

He should have asked to speak to the bank manager. This wasn't about race.

The photos are posted on the last page. I don't see anything in those photos that make him the idiot. The teller was at fault according to the police.

NP. The teller was at fault for identifying it as an attempted robbery. But let's not ignore the fact that the bank's systems automatically flagged the transaction for special attention because it was over $10,000. This is very common, folks, even if you yourselves have withdrawn more than 10 grand and weren't aware of any alert. In banking, taxes, transport of cash internationally (like carrying more than 10k with you overseas, and yes, it happens)--that amount gets flagged for attention. Mostly you aren't even aware it's happening. Of course the fact it was something as specific as $12,000 and the wording of the slip should have been a clue that this wasn't a robbery but I wondered: The teller sounds possibly inexperienced, or possibly she had been present at a real bank robbery another time and was unwittingly biased to see such a request as a robbery etc. Not excuses but possible explanations.

I myself find it odd that a high-profile client wanting that amount of cash "discreetly" didn't simply ask to see a banker. No super secret room needs to be involved like some PPs posted; just ask to see a banker, you'll go to a desk or into a regular office, and can say what you want. They'll go out and deal the tellers for you and bring you the cash. Surprised he didn't just do that BUT also, it's not like it was $120,000, it was $12,000, and he probably has withdrawn that much with no issues before. It's just a pity that the teller reacted with the idea of robbery instead of asking a manager to come look at the note there and then.

It would never occur to me that I would have to speak to anyone other than the teller to withdraw large amounts of cash. If it was a concern, they, ie the bank staff, should direct the clients to another room or to the manager.

+1 The offices aren’t where the money is. I wouldn’t think to ask someone in an office for a withdrawal at all.

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If you did, they'd direct you to the teller. My Wells Fargo bank is that way. I hadn't withdrawn a large amount of cash in a long time, walked in and a person greeted me and I told her I didn't know what I was doing but wanted to withdraw more cash than I was comfortable with and she mentioned the teller by name and said she'd take care of it. I think the people who are saying you should go to the manager are making things up.

Depending on the bank and amount (not all branches have lots of cash on hand) you can call and let the manager know you'll be coming in. When you arrive you sign in and do business in the office. If you're taking over 10K in cash your bank will fill out a form to send to the IRS and will ask why you are taking out the money as a part of the Patriot Act/Bank Secrecy Act.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

Is anyone in this thread, including the racists and those pretending not to be racist, buying this comment?

Um, yes...there is usually a sign on the entrance door or window near the door. Do people in your bank regularly come in wearing hats and sunglasses?

I have never seen a sign like that in DC? I mean, I don’t usually wear sunglasses indoors, but I wouldn’t even think about leaving on my hat on a basically freezing day. It was 33 degrees. A hat is not suspicious unless you are actually just racist & looking for an excuse.

I'm pretty sure the hat thing is so people can't disguise themselves with it, if they are planning to rob the bank. Not sure why you are convinced the very standard 'remove hats and sunglasses' signs are racist-it's not brain surgery to figure out the reasoning.

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Well, since everyone has said he did nothing wrong (police and BoA) it’s clear the hat was not an issue. The other man in the bank had a hat on too.

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Here's the interview with the teller if anyone is interested.