Bank calls police on black man for cashing check he won in race discrimination suit

[SoProudNole]

After suing his employer for racial discrimination, Sauntore Thomas settled out of court. But when he tried to cash his settlement check at a bank in Livonia, Michigan, bank employees called the cops — who then initiated a fraud investigation. Now Thomas is suing the bank, according to the Detroit Free Press.

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[3 and Out on D]

As a 30 year resident of Livonia, I'm not surprised.

Back in the day (90's) when I was running errands with my daughter, whenever we'd pull up to a stop light with a police car nearby and see a black man driving a car that had a broken taillight or something hanging from the mirror or the driver had earbuds, I'd tell my daughter that driver would be pulled over by he police, I was never wrong.

Now if you had a confederate battle flag obstructing the rear window of your pickup truck and illegally barked why that was fine.

Livonia is a nice place to live if you are not black.

 

[HawkAttackDial911]

It sounds like he trying to deposit the check, not cash it. Usually there is a holding period for large checks to verify the check is good before it's cleared. That's what happened when he deposited it with Chase. It cleared in 12 hours. Not sure why TCF didn't do the same. Instead they called the cops to validate the checks? There's absolutely no reason to do that. He definitely has a case. He'll be cashing some other fat checks in the future.

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Did the bank manager at least offer him a Pepsi while he waited?