He is another "Jesse Smollett" Who goes into a bank with a hat, sunglasses and mask? Who then hands a note to the teller asking for money to be given to him discreetly? Banks are always on alert for suspicious behavior. Granted, the teller wasn't very bright, but his actions made her feel uneasy and she reported it. That is what bank staff are trained to do.
@Michael jf Maybe because the nurse that cares for his sick child (and who was in the SUV) prefers to be paid in cash? And why that is is her business, not yours or ours.
I bet he wasn't worried about a white person stealing his money when he asked for it to be counted discretely.....Maybe the Jamaican teller thought he was a black man who doesn't tell the truth?
@@MrYoung11 No cause Mr coogler didnt want to be treated as VIP person,if he could he would have, he wanted to do this and quick out of there ...... But yeah you can be cute with that.....he could also have a personal Banket if he wanted.....
The 911 call didn’t even indicate a weapon or threat. She just told them he gave her the slip, that he gave ID, that he requested money from his account and to be discreet about it . Yet they sent cops who pulled a gun and handcuffed him.
"His account triggered an alert", the teller never looked at his ID or account. She was bothered because he kept asking her to read the note when she kept asking questions. Even when she made the 911 call she didn't read his note correctly but you could tell the operator was even confused because she said, "maybe he wants to be discreet". Which was exactly what the note said. The teller and the management should be fired. Their incompetence put people at risk.
She called the police. I have listened to the 911 call. She had all his identification and he put in the correct PIN number. The teller and manger are idiots
The teller was black. The cops were black. This is Atlanta. Not about race at all. Why would anyone ask for cash at a bank and pass a note telling them to be descreet???? That was a bonehead move.
@@chrisbruggers8076 This is America! People of all races, religions, genders, and everything else stereotype, discriminate, and profile. They even do it to people of their own community.
bank teller and managers should be held accountable for false police call. there’s no reason they couldn’t have checked his account before making the call
It’s not the bank’s fault….cmon dude. The dude had his face covered and handed the teller a note. Let’s also consider that we are talking the democrat haven of badlanta(skyrocketing violent crime).
@@NilesLowki That's true, bank tellers are stupid and can't read. They can't think logically either. Yeah, so giving them your account #, I.D., putting in your pin # correctly and not making any threatening moves, and not giving them a demand note that says "this is a robbery give me all your cash in the draw" --is an indication you are trying to rob the bank, SMH.
The bank teller and the manager is so dumb. What kind of criminal mastermind try to steal money from their own account. Furthermore, who robs a bank for only a specific small amount of money. So dumb
@@CG-ggg stop making lame excuses for something that is wrong. Be better.That was his regular bank, he provided his identification, bank account number, ATM card, and wrote it all out on a Withdrawal slip and they STILL immediately cuffed him. Zero explanation, zero consideration. Complete disrespect.
I took out more than 10.000 many times from bank of America from boston atlanta California evan Oklahoma that never happened to me they just hand me the money what happen to the director should never happen to anyone
Why is no one reporting the FULL details or context of this story? He gave her his ID, used his bank card, and put in the pin. On top of that she DID NO OTHER VERIFICATION. Even the 911 dispatcher was like "you didn't do any other verifying and he has everything you need? maybe he just wants you to be discrete." It was just pure incompetence on the part of the teller AND the bank manager that didn't come to verify anything either. SMH.
He was also using black glasses, which I have to take off whenever I enter a bank and the only time I see one guy with black glasses in a bank it was because he was blind and why he didn't just talk? Was he afraid to be recogniced by his voice?
@@22espec if he didnt talk why did the teller not assume first that the person his accommodating with is a mute person instead calling 911 first without verifying anything
Some people just don’t feel safe talking loudly around other people on how much money they are going to withdraw, you never knew which customer might end up stalking you
True. Years ago a woman did that. Tellers said out loud what amount the woman was withdrawing. Thieves followed her home from the bank and robbed her and her home. Took her keys to her house and vehicle.
@@deplorablefederalist7908 plz forgive me but i saw a video of Mr Coogler being told to step away from the counter in the bank by the cops,,he was hancuffed escorted outside and placed in a vehicle and the police said becuz of the nature of the call we have to detain you first then ask questions after,,,,so i jus call it arrest
@@anetawelsh6026….and just because you get put in cuffs, that doesnt mean you are arrested. Legally, it’s not an arrest. The supreme court ruled that law enforcement can detain you for 15 minutes without it being an arrest. It’s not about your feelings; “so I just call it an arrest”. The dude walked into a bank with his face covered and gave the teller a note….in a high crime area. I would tell him to use his head next time.
@@deplorablefederalist7908 He was wearing a covid mask like plenty of other people. And the "note" was written on the back of a filled out withdrawal slip. He had his bank card and ID. Don't try to frame it other than what it actually was to justify the bank teller's stupidity (or your own bias).
For all of you that think he was in the wrong. NOPE. He did what he has done in the past. He has gone to a branch and done this very same thing before without issues. He filled out the withdrawal slip on the front and on the back he wrote the note. He was trying to be discreet. All this teller had to do was match the ID he provided her along with his Bank card. She did not do that. She focused on the note and ignored everything else.
It's worse when you find out on top of all the documentation he gave the note was written on the back of a filled out withdrawal slip. It wasn't a random blank paper. And that the teller is black.
"i want to withdraw 12,000 FROM MY CHECKING ACCOUNT" is how the note started off......THE TELLER DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT PART ON THE CALL. Cops show up and can't help but to aggravate by telling him to "CALM DOWN, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID"....to a completely innocent man!? WHEN has "calm down" EVER worked for ANYBODY? That teller should be FIRED!
And she left out him having ID, inserting his debit card and entering the pin. A simple few questions by that dum taller could have prevented the entire ordeal
This certainly is about him being Black. Wether the teller is Black or not has nothing to do with it. Black people have Stockholm syndrome. A part of that is also thinking that other Black people are “up to something” and they must do something or be some type of watchdog for management. So it’s not uncommon for a Black person to mistreat other Black people via racism. It just isn’t, especially based on what this country has done to Black people psychologically. Having ALL of this man’s credentials should have not led him into handcuffs. So the teller and the Bank should be held responsible. I’ve also had this happen to me at the bank when receiving large funds, being told I had to call in advance for such an amount. Called Wells Fargo corporate and they had no such policy, called other banks in the area, they had no such policy, it’s the constant mistreatment. Then the “just forget about it” thoughts creep up, without anyone ever really thinking about what these events do to Black people on a mental health level. What seeing these events over and over do on a mental health level. But they want us to care about a war in the Ukraine. Ban racism, make it a crime, do something in this country to mentally assist Black people.
@@legslipsandlashes9831 lmao it’s his money! What’s wrong with him wanting HIS money! We as a people have allowed TOO much. He can’t take out any amount of his own money? Are you ready for Nazi Germany or nah?
When you go to USA in the airport they ask you how much cash you brought. And when you tell them you brought more than 3 gran that's their Red Flag 🚩. Then they bring you to one room and treat you like one of them Drug lord or Thieves. Don't they know your 3 gran is not enough if you take one plane to another then your hotel, food and other expenses? Hope this serves a lesson.
The guy was a guest of honor at a felony stop by those police...Somebody points a gun at me in a bank when I didn't do anything wrong...I'm leaving that bank with somebody's job...
The power of white supremacy. Theyve been taught to hate and stereotype their own. That's why there was a push to shame the so called wokeness of black people to get off that bs. But it ain't working
Not in my experience. Black tellers are no different than any other ones. This must have been some african/caribbean immigrant teller that can't believe some african american man can have that kind of money. And most young black americans know who Ryan Coogler is and woulda asked for his autograph.
Completely normal? Do you know the whole story? Ryan Coogler wasn't very smart. The bank teller was a pregnant black woman. He was wearing a hat, mask, sunglasses, shirt said "Fear of God", had an out-of-state license, didn't fill out a withdrawal slip, handed a bank robbery style note asking for thousands of dollars, the bank computer deemed it as a 'high risk transaction' and he was acting shady. Most normal people don't handle their financial transactions in such a weird way. Debit cards can be stolen. It's not hard to create a fake ID. Coogler and the bank teller both made mistakes.
Now we know, if you get cash out make sure to ask, “please ensure that you flash the cash to everyone around, record me, and have a security guard watching.” I have not had that experience, but that must be embarrassing and more.
@@kaioiamo1503 her and the manager were black too. Race isn't an excuse for everything, come back down to reality. She was poorly trained to overreact from a note like she watched a movie.
The cops had no clue what was going on. They just got a call that a bank robbery was in progress. They were just doing their jobs. Now the bank teller on the other hand sounds like an absolute moron.
@@locomoto7621 Bruh every cop in the video was either black or hispanic and they were extremely respectful towards him but yep racist. The bank teller might be but the cops? No
I sincerely hope that he files a lawsuit. That was his regular bank, he provided his identification, bank account number, ATM card, and wrote it all out on a Withdrawal slip and they STILL immediately cuffed him. Zero explanation, zero consideration. Complete disrespect.
Okay one more time, Teller was Black and anytime a customer or not writes demands on how much to give him and to be quiet so not to alert others and don't count it!!! Those are red flags, because all he had to do was speak in a low tone and ask the cashier and that would have not been a flag for her to get the alarm.
I’m pretty sure he wasn’t mistaken he was accused of being a bank robber for asking money from his own account giving his ID and his bank card to get it
Hate it when tellers ask how much you would like to draw?? With a bank full of people... Tellers should hand the customer a piece of paper to write the amount on it.
@@sunnysied713 And? He wrote what he wanted on the back of a slip and handed her proper identification and his account information/PIN number. While the note was asking for discretion.
Racism! Plain and period those bank tellers need to be arrested for false charges and sue the police for wrongful arrest and harrassment and humiliation.
I admire the way he handled himself. Didn't get belligerent or aggressive. He remained calm and complied with the officer. Live so you can fight the battle later.
@@llIllIlI I agree, though he probably wouldn’t have survived that :( when it comes to police one should really always cooperate and solve things with words afterwards as long as the police are trustworthy this is an option…not always the case though :/
@@llIllIlI not odd…it’s atrocious. But I would tbh recommend everyone should do this really. It makes things much safer if things remain calm, often it’s the cops escalating things though.
@@llIllIlI yep it’s screwed up and needs to change, which the whole defund the police movement was about. Never did they want police actually defunded, they just want police to be better educated, held accountable and made to enforce the law equally regardless of race culture or any other differences. We should all be treated equally. The reality of how things are and how things should be are vastly different and it’s horrible. Especially the way black vs white people are treated as well as rich vs poor are treated. This two way justice system needs to stop. We are all equal under the law, but it’s definitely not the way things are but it’s something that needs to be asap
So....this Bank of America had never had a customer come into the bank and ask for a large amount of money? Does this BoA service only poor customers? I'm not understanding. Why not communicate to the customer why the alarm went off; communicate this to your supervisor; and if the funds are in the account, give the man his money. The note read, "Be discreet." not "I'm robbing you." If he was fully verified and the funds are in his account, then follow protocol. Don't call the police just to have a story to tell. 🤨
It’s abnormal to use a note. This is most likely a way to bring attention to his upcoming movie. Movie is named after a black rights organization… He’s a black man wrongfully arrested for bank robbery… See the connection?
@@ApartmentPrepping He didn't use a note. He wrote it on the back of his withdrawl slip, to be discreet because of the large amount. I guess he didn't want unwanted attention.
@@ApartmentPrepping not really. I am white and if someone was going to hand me 12 G's I would want them to be discreet as well so as to avoid being robbed as soon as I leave the bank.
Is that bank robber so common that bank feel paranoid enough to alert police to caught innocent man? In my country, you don’t have to voice out loud that you want to withdraw cash. You could just write it down.
I am baffled by some of these comments. I don't care what her race was, she should be fired and the bank manager as well. Why would a robber give their id, bank card and pin number. It was in an affluent area Buckhead Ga.(Atlanta).That is caught up thinking she made it so, in that area of town it's felt like a black man has no reason to be in this bank. As the officers had him cuffed and on the way out someone said nice job guys. He could have been killed. He has gotten his money like this in the past just not in Atlanta. We know what it is and they should all be fired including the officers that wouldn't let him explain.
It's just the ignorance of the teller which was then backed up by her supervisor that's too much! Neither followed any sort of protocol! This man could of lost his life over this "misunderstanding" they should both be fired!!!
AMAZING how these Reports miss important details like the fact gave his Drivers License, he put in his Bank Card and entered his PIN for confirmation and the Bank said his Account triggered a flag. Right… a standard flag for any withdrawal over $10,000 but someone high strung in Bank of America wanted to escalate this unnecessarily. I had Bank of America freeze my Account as a Home Builder and 2 days later claim it was all just a mistake. But 5 Managers all came into the Bank Office asking me to reconsider when I came in to close My Account with Bank of America. Too much of a headache for no extra benefit.
Bank of America treats Clients like they should be HONORED to let them hold and trade our money for their profit. Nah, I’m good. Two Way respect is only fair.
The headline for this video is misleading. It was the bank teller that mistook him for a robber and the police acting on that arrested. I’m not an apologist for the police, but it was the terrible decision by the bank teller that put his life at risk of being killed by the police. In many of these cases of the police shooting of black men in particular it is the person making the 911 call that is to blame. Because the police turn up and their mentality is already to use their guns so the 911 caller providing bad witness information creates a terrible situation.
It is not uncommon for clients to hand notes to the teller for the exact reason he provided-their safety. You never know who is listening and may notice that you have a large amount of cash on you ; times are hard for many. Also , you are NEVER to call the police while the robber is still in the building ; it could cause a hostage situation or worse . An institution like BOA definitely holds annual , if not quarterly ,Robbery training . She needs to be fired and if she was advised by her manager to call the police , they also need to be fired . Had he been an actual robber (instead of an innocent man withdrawing money from his account )she could’ve put her self and her coworkers at risk.
@@jaidathompson3478 Did any of you listen to the whole story? The teller was black. The cops were black. This was Atlanta. This was not about race. Why in the world would you pass a note like that at a bank? 100% a stupid move.
Worked at a bank many years. This should not have been a problem. People pass notes all the time about what they want and not to count it out out loud. No excuse for this crap
@@01081125 The teller might have been a little too paranoid... but this was not a race thing. We shouldn't be calling racism when it's clearly not. That just minimizes it when it does happen.
Reminds me of an incident I had in Sicily. I received a check for roughly $7,000 from the insurance company after an Italian destroyed my car and had to go to an Italian bank to cash the check. The teller freaked out and called the carabinari(Italian police), even though they only needed 2 proofs of ID, they asked for my passport, social security card, birth certificate, fingerprints, codici fiscali(like an Italian social security number), proof of insurance, 6 proofs of residency(bills,cell phone account,etc), driver's license,...I just happened to have these documents in my backpack in a binder😎. Nonetheless, they called my bank, AT&T, the US Consulate, my employer, and my insurance. This took over 3 hours! I observed others come in and withdraw similar amounts in that time and none of them had to go through that. At the end of the day, I got my money, smiled at everyone, had a cappuccino with a friend, and lived to write this post. Sometimes "Sabraan Jameela" (Arabic for " a beautiful patience ")helps especially when you are being judged by your appearance(I'm black)in this present construct 😎
HILARIOUS ! ..they did the same thing to 'Daniel Kahlua ' , ( " get out" ) in LONDON , ..dragged him off a bus and ,' hand cuffed ' him.. Forest Whitaker, in New York.
i dont know if this is related or not, but recently i've noticed increased hatred towards men coming from women. a few weeks ago at a coffee shop, a woman told me they didn't have what i intended to order and everything i suggested afterwards, she said wasn't there. kinda odd for a coffee shop. and thats just one of many situations i've experienced lately related to women acting very unkind towards men.
I wish y'all would accurately report rather than sensationalise - although I understand you do it to get clicks and those don't or can"t read or comprehend will jump to conclusions. So apparently the reason why there was a query about him withdrawing the money is because 10,000 is the limit and he wanted to withdraw 12,000. If the teller had doubts as to his ID despite having it all in front of her, why did she not ask him to take off his glasses so as to properly identify him and explain the situation re the amount requested?
You are right there is at most banks there is a $10,000 limit but you can withdraw more it if I'm not mistaken I did it years ago it has to be reported to the IRS. That is not what she said when she called the police, she told the police that he gave his id, used his bank card and the correct pin number. This teller did not follow sop period.
@@Thelonl3y1 normal I won’t respond to idiots, but I am about to this one ☝🏽 time, she works for Bank of America 🇺🇸, so that means they have some kinda policy at that branch when a black male comes in, they are on a heighten alert 🚨 never mind that he filled out a deposit slip with his information on it and gave them his identification , they still called the police 👮♂️ on him!! Dummy!
@@Blackman19498 Oh god, give me a break. A policy to be on heightened alert? You cannot really believe that. The teller was black. The cops were black. This was Atlanta. Not about race. The note he passed was a dumb idea, period.
Why didnt the teller take this customer to customer service desk? Why aren't all accounts over $10,000 handled by customer service desk? Why didnt customer service "google" the customer name? Everybody and all of this was wrong. Why wasnt bank officials outside with customer and police? This customer should have been handled the same way "safe deposit book" customers are handled. Unacceptable
This is a huge Disgrace. The Bank Manager should have verified the ID. The Police, if called, might have done much better. A Disgraceful way to handle a Customer.
You get the level of competence and common sense that you pay for BOA. You hire a $15 per hour bank teller and expect her to be handle a non standard transaction.smdh. Not sure why this brother didn't ask the manager to assist him with this cash withdrawal transaction, instead of standing in line and getting humiliated by a worker bee cashier. Errors were made on both sides of this encounter.
I agree. Ryan Coogler wasn't very smart. The bank teller was a pregnant black woman. He was wearing a hat, mask, sunglasses, shirt said "Fear of God", had an out-of-state license, didn't fill out a withdrawal slip, handed a bank robbery style note asking for thousands of dollars, the bank computer deemed it as a 'high risk transaction' and he was acting shady. Most normal people don't handle their financial transactions in such a weird way. Debit cards can be stolen. It's not hard to create a fake ID. Coogler and the bank teller both made mistakes. I agree, both sides could've avoided the entire situation. Coogler needs to watch more bank robbery movies. I sure as heck wouldn't roll up into a bank like that :)
All this is bull crap, he did not need to talk to a manger, tellers are suppose to know how to handle large amount of cash withdrawal, if they are unable to handle it .then they simplely call for the manger, back in my military days when I got out, I got out with a 36,000 dollar bouns and when I went to the bank to withdraw some money, I had no problem withdrawing 10,000 at one time,all the teller did was she called for the manger, He looked at my information to check that I was their customer and verify my account infomations and after that I got my money, when you have people that work for you on any job they should do their very best to know what a bank job or any job calls for and to train yourselves fpr a higher postion or postions in case you end up loving what you do and wants to make it a carreer and this lady failed at her job so,so, very bad that she could have cost this man his life, when someone gives you a withdrawal slip ,ID,Pen Number ask you to be decreet with his withdrawal ,then you should at least look at all the informations given to you before you assume the worst and call people with guns that can take your life and nothing be done to them because you fail to tell the whole truth of your dealing with that customer, they should not be working there anymore, because the next time someone may get killed.be bless all.
Could it be that WOKE Bank of America wrongly accused an innocent black man for committing a crime? My entire channel is pro law enforcement, but I call things out when I see them. While I think the cops acted professionally and respectful, I don't believe he should have been cuffed at all. It appeared he was fully cooperating.
That was his regular bank, he provided his identification, bank account number, ATM card, and wrote it all out on a Withdrawal slip and they STILL immediately cuffed him. Zero explanation, zero consideration. Complete disrespect.
@@Videosuser Like I said it didn’t appear that cuffing was necessary. Usually this is only based on a person’s behavior (unless it’s something serious like a homicide). In some cases you could get called for something minor like shoplifting, but if the guy is acting belligerent, then he gets cuffed even though the original call was for something minor. But in this case it didn’t appear necessary. I will say though that the cops removed the cuffs as soon as he asked.
@R Rolyan hey dummy!! He filled out a withdrawal slip with his information on it and gave the teller his identification , and you people lack common sense!!!
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@@liamjohnson2474 yhh but its not requirement, there is nothing to say if you don't your suspect... thats how he has made withdrawal in the past, if at any point there is a rule change inform your customers, they could have taken him to the back have conversation and be sure... What we are not going to do is blame him for following all the rules and having police called.. because they were scared with no real reason ...he did everything he was asked and required to take his money out of his account....
Why why why would you pass a note like this at a bank asking them to be descreet?!?! This is not about race. Come on. The teller was black. The cops were black. This is Atlanta.
Bank robbers can steal from just one account. Sometimes it's easier that way to DE-FRAUD and CON the bank out of money. Do you know the whole story? The bank teller was a pregnant black woman. Ryan Coogler wasn't very smart. He was wearing a hat, mask, sunglasses, shirt said "Fear of God", had an out-of-state license, didn't fill out a withdrawal slip, handed a bank robbery style note asking for thousands of dollars, the bank computer deemed it as a 'high risk transaction' and he was acting shady. Most normal people don't handle their financial transactions in such a weird way. Debit cards can be stolen. It's not hard to create a fake ID. Weapons can be concealed. Sometimes bank robbers can rob a bank with _just a note._ Coogler and the bank teller both made mistakes. Atlanta has a lot of crime. I can understand why 1) the bank teller was suspicious and 2) why Coogler wanted to have a 'discreet' transaction so no one knew he had that much cash (he even said it to police).
The idea of being "mistaken for a bank robber" suggests there was a bank being robbed and he was mistaken for the assailant. There was no robbery....just a rich black man withdrawing a large sum of money that the teller assumed was not his.
I was praying that this wasn’t gonna be a Fruitvale Station situation for our brotha that he directed! He needs to make a movie about this. “Banking in Atlanta and nearly shot cos of stupid Black Karen.”
I TRULY hope he has WITHDRAWN every penny from BOA!!!!! How many times has a bank been robbed with the robber passing his photo ID over to the teller??? Hmmmmmm.......RIDICULOUS!!!!!!
Do you know the whole story? Ryan Coogler wasn't very smart. The bank teller was a pregnant black woman. He was wearing a hat, mask, sunglasses, shirt said "Fear of God", had an out-of-state license, didn't fill out a withdrawal slip, handed a bank robbery style note asking for thousands of dollars, the bank computer deemed it as a 'high risk transaction' and he was acting shady. Most normal people don't handle their financial transactions in such a weird way. Debit cards can be stolen. It's not hard to create a fake ID. Coogler and the bank teller both made mistakes.
