Bank Calls Police on Black Mayor in His Own City

[CatWoman]

On Monday, Mayor Richard Thomas discussed how staff at JP Morgan & Chase summoned the police on him, his staff member, and a Mount Vernon Police detective as the Mayor sought to deposit a six figure check and get access to the City’s online banking records.
A Chase employee called the police on Wednesday, April 25, after Mayor Thomas was invited into a conference room and after Mayor Thomas had introduced the two people with him, including the police detective.

The response by the White Plains Police Department was resolved amicably after one of the responding officers recognized the Mount Vernon Police detective.

Mayor Thomas believes that race certainly played a role in the Chase employees calling the police. The two staffers who accompanied Mayor Thomas are black and Hispanic.

“As a Mayor and as a young, well-educated black man living during this turbulent time in society where police are being called on black people for going about everyday life, this is unacceptable,” Mayor Thomas wrote in a letter to Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. “We’ve seen this happen to the two black men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. We’ve also seen this happen to Oregon Rep. Janelle Bynum while she was campaigning. Now it happened to me.”

On Monday, Mayor Thomas will visit the Office of Currency Comptroller to file a racial profiling/redlining complaint.

Mayor Thomas was at Chase’s offices at 925 Westchester Avenue in White Plains to invoke existing rights as an authorized account signatory and enforce a recent court order giving him full access to all the City’s financial records.

Supreme Court Justice Susan Cacace recently ordered Mount Vernon Comptroller Deborah Reynolds to stop blocking Mayor Thomas’ access to the critical financial records that allow him to determine how much money the City truly has.

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[still_one]

1. I would think they would sue the bank also

[Xipe Totec]

2. Poorly written article - can't even tell what city he's mayor of (Mount Vernon)

Had to go to other sources to figure it out. Although they mention the police detective was from Mount Vernon, it doesn't follow that the mayor was from that same town automatically.

Bad treatment of His Honor the Mayor. Hope he follows through filing charges of racial profiling.

[Stuart G]

9. Mount Vernon...where?...oh, in New York State. Says so in post 6.. Please read

all 8 paragraphs of the original post. No state is given.?? Oregon is mentioned and so is Philadelphia, but what sate is this in? So in post 6, in the title of post 6, I found out..because the title of post 6 says so.

[Xipe Totec]

17. Kudos to your reading skills, but I was talking about their writing skills

If you have to read through 8 paragraphs just to figure out where it happened, there's a problem.

[rockfordfile]

3. Chase Bank hires racists

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. It took a court order from the State's Supreme Court

to the City Comptroller to allow the Mayor to access financial records and funds ???

I hope there is a lawsuit here, as this can be turned into a national teachable moment for ALL banking employees.

This is malignant racism and it MUST be STOPPED.

[R Merm]

6. In New York State, the Supreme Court is a Trial Court and not an Appellate Court.

The highest State Court is the Court of Appeals

[keithbvadu2]

5. "stop blocking Mayor Thomas' access to the critical financial records" - Something to hide.

"stop blocking Mayor Thomas’ access to the critical financial records" - Something to hide.

[Mopar151]

21. One of the Comptrollers pals dropped a dime

On the "uppity" Mayor. Cannot be legitimate, he's one of THEM!

[abqtommy]

7. We've come a long way, Baby,

and we still have a loooong way to go!

[Mosby]

8. there is more to this story

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2019/04/05/mount-vernon-mayor-richard-thomas-seeks-dismissal-criminal-charges/3379444002/

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/04/18/mount-vernon-comptroller-records/3510120002/

[struggle4progress]

10. +

[oldsoftie]

11. It seemed so.

[pangaia]

12. Wonder why it's called white plains?

Is there a black plains anywhere?

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. I lived there. The native American name for the area was 'white marshes', but of

course when we worked on racial justice issues around the Kerner Commission Report's findings of institutionalized racism, we stressed the FIRST part of the city's name.

[pangaia]

18. Interesting. Thanks for that. How fitting, eh.. :)

My father was born and grew up in White Plains, for whatever that is worth.

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Maybe I knew of him? There were **only** 900 kids in my HS class of 1970.

[pangaia]

20. I graduated HS in 1961 so the odds of you knowing of my father are pretty slim. :))))

[AllaN01Bear]

13. this is getting way out of hand .

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Add another: trying to govern, and access records, while Black

[3Hotdogs]

16. Mt. Vernon and White Plains are two different municipalities in Westchester County, N.Y.

Mt. Vernon was the home of the Delaney sisters, "Having Our Say."