bank calls 911 on black man cashing his paycheck

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/12/19/bank-calls-911-on-black-man-mh-orig.cnn

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/20/headlines/ohio_bank_calls_911_on_black_patron_after_refusing_to_cash_his_check

In Brooklyn, Ohio, a black man was apprehended and handcuffed by police after tellers at Huntington Bank refused to cash his check, then called 911 on him. Thirty-year-old Paul McCowns was attempting to cash a paycheck of just over $1,000. Social media reports of the incident—which took place on December 1—have been circulating with the hashtag #BankingWhileBlack.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46637632


But without informing Mr McCowns, they had also called 911 and reported that he was trying to cash a fraudulent cheque.

Police handcuffed him and put him in a squad car as they called his employer, who he said told officers: "'Yes, he works for me, he just started, and yes, my payroll company does pay him that much.'"

In a statement Huntington Bank said it "sincerely apologises to Mr McCowns for this extremely unfortunate event."

Mr McCowns, who cashed his cheque at a different Huntington branch the next day, said the apology was insufficient.

"I want an apology, a sincere apology, mainly from the person who called the cops on me."

According to Brooklyn police, there have been over 10 calls to police about fraudulent cheques from that bank branch alone in the past few months - all of which ended in arrests.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46637632

[Catherine Vincent]

1. This is such bs

Maybe I'd be ok with the bank refusing to cash his check but why call the cops? Unless they had a pic of the previous perps, there was no need for that...but you know the tellers will state they were doing their jobs including calling the cops.