Bank calls cops on black man because they thought his paycheck was too high

[KG]

A black Ohio man said bank tellers refused to cash a paycheck from his new job, and then called 911 on him, because they were suspicious that he earned so much.

Paul McCowns tried to cash his first paycheck from a job with an electric company Dec. 1 at Huntington Bank in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn, reported WOIO-TV.



https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/bank-calls-cops-black-man-thought-paycheck-high/?fbclid=IwAR1xAxZosXg4NQz6mnIIj5xpcMAfBsQTcSrwHXfx3cpWUYFhsrGSIm00WVg

[leftynyc]

1. I'd sue the bank

for mental distress. It's the only thing these fuckers understand - hit their wallets.

[Aristus]

2. Jesus CHRIST!

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!?

[FirstLight]

3. ...

So hes guilty of EWB... Earning While Black...?

Wth ?😲

[CatMor]

4. That is ridiculous .....

the banks are getting out of control treating people as if they're criminals. He deserves a apology and compensation for the treatment he received.

[Stand and Fight]

5. The banks? It ain't just the banks.

Some white people in this country are getting out of control treating brown people as if they're criminals.

[CatMor]

6. I agree with you 100%.

[onecaliberal]

7. What the fuck?!?

[akraven]

8. Holy wholly shit. n/t

[uponit7771]

9. The bank SHOULD be sued because the teller BOLD FACED LIED. What's even more disgusting is the

... teller isn't facing any charges for abusing 911 or any other procedures for telling a bold faced lie.

The teller said

“He’s trying to cash a check and the check is fraudulent. It does not match our records,” a teller told the dispatcher, according to call records.

There was nothing being told to this teller that intimated any of this from the story. If there was something that intimated the check was fraudulent from the teller from the banks systems then the bank STILL needs to be sued because it still was false and got the person arrested.

This shit has got to stop and the police need to hold people responsible for lying like the teller did in this case.

[Buckeyeblue]

10. I'm sure that is against bank policy

There will be more to come on this. And Huntington Bank--which is a small bank--will be kissing his ass.