MacTheKnife
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Of course racial discrimination is still occuring in America in 2020. Affirmative Action.Although there are many who refuse to believe this (or just don't care that racial discrimination is still occuring in year 2020) I have plenty of first hand experience to the contrary.
I just read in the news yesterday that former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf has been barred from the banking industry for life after it was exposed that Wells Fargo employees were opening additional accounts of their existing customers without their knowledge or consent.
A black man in Michigan tried to deposit checks at his bank. The manager called police.
Ironically, the checks that Sauntore Thomas tried to deposit were from a settlement for a racial discrimination lawsuit against his former employer.
Sauntore Thomas, right, and his lawyer, Deborah Gordon, left, on Jan. 23, 2020 in Bloomfield Hills,
Mich.Mike Householder / AP
Jan. 24, 2020, 8:51 AM PST
By Minyvonne Burke
An African American man who went to his local bank in Michigan to deposit checks had the police called on him by a branch manager suspecting fraud.
Ironically, the checks, totaling $99,000, that Sauntore Thomas, 44, sought to deposit at TCF Bank in Livonia were part of a court settlement for a racial discrimination lawsuit against his former employer.
Now Thomas, an Air Force veteran, has sued his bank's holding company, TCF Financial Corp., alleging racial discrimination.
The suit filed this week in Wayne County Circuit Court says Thomas has had a checking account at the bank since 2018, and he went there on Tuesday asking the branch manager to open a savings account for him so he could deposit the checks.
But the manager became suspicious that the checks were fraudulent and questioned Thomas about where he got them, the suit alleges.
The manager told Thomas that the checks would need to be verified, but that the computer system the bank uses to verify checks was not working. In order to complete Thomas' transaction, the manager said she would need to go in the back and "call in the checks," the suit says.
Instead of trying to verify the checks, the suit claims that the manager refused to deposit them and then went into the back to call Livonia police. Four officers arrived at the bank and questioned Thomas about the checks.
Thomas called his lawyer on the phone to have her verify where he got the checks from but that still did not satisfy the branch manager.
"Defendant still refused to deposit the checks," the suit states. "TCF Bank subsequently filed a police report against Plaintiff for check fraud."
Thomas eventually left the bank and went somewhere else to deposit his checks. The lawsuit claims that Thomas' race "was a factor in Defendant's decision to treat him less favorably than other individuals."
Thomas reiterated that sentiment during an interview with the The Associated Press.
“They did not want to assist me because I was African American. They didn’t want to assist me because they assumed that I had a fraudulent check, which was far from the truth," he told the outlet, adding, "This was no mistake."
A spokesman for TCF did not immediately return NBC News' request for comment. The bank told the Detroit Free Press in a statement that the police should not have been called on Thomas and that it apologizes for what happened.
“We strongly condemn racism and discrimination of any kind,” the bank said. “We take extra precautions involving large deposits and requests for cash, and in this case, we were unable to validate the checks presented by Mr. Thomas and regret we could not meet his needs.”
The lawsuit says Thomas was humiliated by the incident and suffered mental anguish and emotional distress. He is seeking damages.
A black man in Michigan tried to deposit checks at his bank. The manager called police.
Exactly....not to mention any citizen has a right to call the police if they think something is suspicious.....most especially someone who works at a bank.
So it turned out the guy was not attempting to pass a bad check ...no harm no foul...yet these hyper-sensitive liberals are so easy to take advantage of and all too willing to pay off some negro who whines o dats racist....ridiculous. You really cant blame a black for taking advantage of these morons to get a pay-off.
He suffered mental anguish and was humiliated...bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa anyone willing to pay off based on that b.s. deserves to be fleeced. Similar stuff has happened many times......in fact Jesse Jackson engaged in similar tactics with corporations whom he fleeced out of millions and millions of dollars...the most successful extortionist in history.
Something else to consider the authorities are always telling folks if you see something suspicious call the police. I guess they need to change that to...unless it is a negro that you are suspicious of.
I would not be surprised if there is a cottage industry based on this tactic of claiming you suffer mental anguish and humiliation because of some incident where one has an opportunity to claim racial discrimination.
Probably set up something like this......a negro conspires with someone who has considerable assets....persuade the rich fellow to write him a big check and go to some bank act in a suspicious manner and try and provoke the bank to call the police...and then scream racism.
Kaching...Kaching.....what a great con. and of course the rich fellow who wrote the check...gets a nice kickback.
I imagine a lot of negroes are learning about this easy road to riches....it would be interesting to know how many incidents like this or incidents similar to this happen every year.
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