'Banking While Black': Police video shows how cashing a paycheck led to handcuffs 

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GQPLLWFAJdk.html Since the murder of George Floyd two years ago, Minnesota has been at the center of what some have called “a racial reckoning” - sparking promises of change by financial institutions, police forces and policymakers. But over the past year, 5 INVESTIGATES found those promises of reform have not yet become a reality for many who live here. This is Race. Reform. Reality. A 5 INVESTIGATES SPECIAL REPORT hosted by Brandi Powell and featuring reporting from Eric Rasmussen, Kirsten Swanson and Ryan Raiche

How to turn a $900 dollar payday check into a $900,000 dollar payday.

Actually being angry when accused falsely is the most common reaction.

The bank manager should be charged with obstruction of justice for lying about calling the employer.

Making him wait while they ensure the check is valid is fine. Being put in hancuffs for trying to cash a paycheck is beyond unreasonable. I hope his settlement was huge

"Dont get angry, or it will make you look guilty." Most people get angry because they are NOT guilty.

We investigated ourselves and found we acted appropriately and awarded ourselves a huge bonus!

Update. The bank covered this up and paid the guy a good settlement. Banking while black is a real phenomenon and is a real shame in 2024.

I hope that bank manager was fired. Unbelievable.

“Blurred out because he did not want to be seen” Proceeds to give full name and exact place of work 🤣😂 savage

The police officer at 6 minutes in is literally treating the victim like the criminal even after it was proven no crime had been committed. So much for reforming the attitude of the police.

When the cop said “Keep working hard” at the end…that shit had my blood boiling

That manager did not treat him like a customer at all saying "watch and make sure he doesn't steal anything." Unbelievable.

The cop should serve serious jail time for falsifying a police report.

I had an account and so did about 1000 of my followers. I convinced them to boycott this bank, and take business elsewhere and they did. I will continue to protest against this bank, and any bank who have this kind of trouble and liers . Talking about i checked it already when he didnt call anyone

The cops suggested to confirm that the check was valid? Shouldn’t the bank have done that first before accusing this young man of being a criminal, thief, liar, fraud? That racist manager should be arrested for a false police report & sued for defamation along with this pathetic excuse of a bank!🤦🏼‍♀️😡😢

Did you know that there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar? I'm guessing this bank didn't know that.

Remember, anger is the most common feeling for someone who has been falsely accused.

LAWSUIT, MAN DESERVES BIG PAYOUT.

As a white woman, I feel like I have to say this. I am so sick of this kind of racist behavior. We can do better than this. I hope this young man sues the bank and the police.

Hold up, I'm confused. The officer said the manager has to do his job and make sure it's real. Shouldn't that be done BEFORE the cops are called?!? That's the issue I have.

"You're acting guilty" "Im not doing anything wrong" "Yea but its like you're guilty" 😂😂😂 I swear, can't win for shyt

It's the fact that the manager lied 1st that he called ahead. And you're telling me that being upset, but non-confrontational is guilt.

The natural response is to get angry.

I recently wrote a check to a friend for $5,148. When he went to my credit union to cash it, they called me to confirm that it was legit. The entire conversation to confirm the validity of the check took less than 15 seconds. Too bad the cop didn’t have the courage to lecture the bank manager instead of the kid.

cops keep proving to us that cameras attached to their uniforms are 100% necessary

Bro being calm and being told to calm down gives me "Anger Management" plane scene vibes

Misinterpreting agitation as guilt is wild.

if the bank employee has a problem with a check, all they have to do is verify that its a live check by calling the company on the phone... The fact that the bank employee lied and said they had verified it was a bogus check, only to later verify it to be a live check, raises further suspicion on the bank employee -- false police report?

There’s no such thing as “Acting guilty” when “we’re innocent until proven guilty”.

He probably worked 60-70 hours to get that check, and they treated him like that.

The check was only $900. I've worked in banking and never saw cops called over a suspicious check. The check is usually verified or the customer is encouraged to deposit it with some funds available & some held to be verified. The manager doesn't need to work there & the cop should be heavily disciplined too.

"Don't say anything stupid; you're just gonna get arrested." You can't arrest someone for accusing you of racial profiling. That's absurd.

UPDATE: Joe Morrow (the black customer) received an apology from the CEO of the bank, and they settled out of court. The white bank manager, John Askwith, was eventually fired.

I love how the officer says him getting mad was a sign of guilt. I’m Canadian but I went to The University of Utah for my degree. One time I was buying some beer, when all of a sudden the cashier at the store accused me of having a fake ID. I explained I was Canadian and that was my Canadian Drivers License because I was just a student and not a Utah resident. I told him all of the information on the license including my name, birthdate, and address. He asked me to recite my license number, and when I told him I didn’t know it off the top of my head (who does) he called the police. I was so mad, not to mention humiliated!! I’m a very easy going person, and am usually a pushover, so it takes a lot for me to get mad. To have some random cashier call the cops on me over something like that made me so frustrated!! I know exactly how this guy feels and know why he got upset. It’s bad enough to be accused of something you didn’t do, but then to have it all go down in front of other customers is humiliating!! I’m sure him being black had a lot to do with why he was accused, however, I’m always careful when assuming it was because of race. I think people make mistakes and are quick to rush to judgement. Hopefully the bank teller and the officers learned from their mistake, and realized they need to fix whatever made them profile this guy. In situations like this, the most important thing for the rest of us to do is realize what happened is wrong, and try to teach our children to respond differently in that situation. That way the future will be better (hopefully) and racism will become less and less common.

“Guilty of being black”, is in fact, a thing in the US. Despite all the lip service cops and the politicians pay to the contrary, it is still a regular, if not common occurrence on the streets of America.

“Don’t say anything stupid or else you’ll be arrested” amazes me that cops forget freedom of speech exists when someone is upset at them for being falsely accused.

I love seeing a person that doesn't deal with racism telling a black man how he should respond to racism.

The guy was very calm despite all the false accusations and lies being thrown at him. They had no reason to handcuff him for leaving the room; after they asked him to switch rooms and the manager taunted him with a racist statement? Just terrible.

It would have been perfect if after everything was cleared up, the cop, in front of the customer, warned the bank manager about making a fraudulent call to the police.

The Sgt. is so full of it. He didn’t even apologize for being wrong. This is what happens to so many young & older black men across the country. We’re guilty until proven innocent.

That was the most calm “anger” I’ve ever seen. Joe: sitting still, almost whispering. Officer: calm down joe.

the manager should have been fired for causing a big problem BEFORE confirming the check.

I hate when people automatically assume a situation is racially motivated but this was 100% racially motivated, the part of “acting guilty” pissed me off too, I would love to see an experiment done where 100 guilty people are confronted and 100 innocent people are confronted and I bet a million dollars the innocent people would get upset more often.

The cop and bank manager were totally gasliting that guy telling him to "calm down" and "he could of handled it differently" He was VERY calm and non threatening the entire time.

White guy here.. that gentleman had every right to be angry and handled himself better than I would have if it had been me! After watching this, ive decided to close both my personal and business account with US Bank and switch to a credit union. Shame on US Bank, and that bank mgr needs to be terminated for the way he treated this man!!

"Keep working hard"... The most guiltiest schitt ever said by a Cop

That bank manager needs to be personally held accountable. And I bet they kept that poor excuse racist of a manager in his job. Because this is a pattern, the FEDs need to get involved and sock it to this bank and their bunch of racists that work there . Why did they place this man in handcuffs? It's was also very over the top.

That feeling when the cop has to hold you for an extra 10+ minutes so he can lecture and gaslight you into thinking that the whole situation was your fault to begin with. Outrageous.

I like how the bank manager didn't want to be identified by censoring his face and voice!! What a coward!! Acting like he's the victim!!

"Getting upset makes you look guilty"? An innocent person wouldn't get upset about being treated like that??

My silence would cost 1 million for myself, and another for my lawyer.

That cop is so manipulative. Instead of acknowledging they were all wrong and then placed the blame on the victim. Outrageous

It's only a $900 check and the guy has an account. If it comes back as fraudulent THEN you call the cops. This was nothing but racism from the bank employees to the police sergeant. The police officer saying that getting angry makes you look guilty is absurd. It's in fact the opposite. If you're innocent and you're not angry about being wrongly accused, then there is something wrong with you.

This is sickening. They should fire the idiot bank manager; he is a liability.

Guy: i am not guilty Cop : cow , soup , sox , eggs Guy : what ? Cop : u under arrest

Hate how the cop was basically like “If you get mad about being accused for something you didn’t do, I have no reason but to believe you’re guilty of doing it”

Absolutely disgusting that the cop lectured the arrested man for being frustrated rather than lecturing the bank manager for wasting so much police time

I know how you feel Brother I’m white but I’m in Atlanta homeless and I know exactly how Black people feel now people in the south in different areas treat Black people terribly and homeless people like myself terribly. I know exactly how people feel now. Jesus Lives!!! I’m with you Brother, God is with you, Jesus is with you.

Thank you for showing the truth of things hopefully things will start changing

As a black man you can be publicly humiliated without cause or reason and people will still tell you to act more “reasonably” than the accusers.

The black gentleman was the only innocent man there, in a room full of criminals and false accusers.

False accusers deserve no anonymity from public scrutiny

So, don’t be mad that you’re being wrongfully accused of breaking the law. SMDH. Sickening.

I’m white and know this was absolutely outrageous. The cop even acted like the guy was acting guilty. That is absurd.

Someone should remind these officers that "looking guilty" and being guilty are two very different things in the eyes of the law. This man was being accused of a crime he didn't commit. He had every right to be upset.

This is America. He shouldn't have let him copslplain him.

Everytime I see issues like this my hear breaks and my soul fills with anger. I hope Joe is ok and is able to move forward. I’m thankful that this video exists to show humanity the horrors that our black communities are put through.

That officer should have lectured the bank manager about verifying the authenticity of the check before the police call. The officer should have understood how insulting and upsetting it is to be accused of check fraud after working a 12 hour shift.

he NEEDS to be compensated for this,this is absolutely horrible to happen to a hard-working citizen

I will never use that bank.

They are too embarrassed and ashamed to admit that they are completely wrong.

How can the police department watch this and believe the officer's conduct was ok? Almost unbelievable.

"Don't say anything stupid or you're just gonna get arrested for it." I'd love to know what law that is.

"Wait to be validated" is the exact same statement as "guilty until proven innocent", that cop needs to go to court.

This made me start crying I’m so upset and I know how he felt

There is zero benefit for being a law abiding citizen when the innocent suffer the same as the guilty

This is unacceptable. Outrageous. Sue them and have that manager fired. The police department needs to be accountable too.

Police are seriously gonna say he doesn’t have a right to get mad when he’s being accused of trying to deposit a fake cheque. He did a good job at holding in his anger too. How they treated him was disgraceful.

This cop said, "Don't say anything that could get you arrested." What the heck? I was so pissed. This stuff has got to change. We have to keep on their necks about this type of disrespect and racial profiling.

Did that officer threaten to arrest him for exercising his rights!?

This is absolutely disgusting. I closed my account there today due to this. I refuse to bank with any and all racist banks. Edit: I closed it the day I saw this video. The bank was really agitated at me and the other 6-7 people in there doing the same thing. Let me be clear that I was NOT the first person to do this, many others have too.

This world is sick. This young man absolutely had every right to be pissed off. He was judged before anything was seen except his colour.

I hope he sues the bank. And the police department. A simple call was in order, but the bank officer neglected to do his duty.

I would have been way more angry then he was. The cop and the bank manager should be fired.

"if you feel it was a racist thing, handle it properly". What does that mean ? The kid was sitting, stood up because he was angry, then got arrested. The "debriefing" was bogus and racist.

This young man kept his cool and got treated like crap by the bank and the police. This is just disgusting.

That cop lied and that customer was calm thru the whole incident.

I thank God for the yt people who are disgusted and as fed up with this as we are.

It’s sad that as a RU-vid viewer, it took me 15 seconds to google the cop and see his whole history of complaints for racial profiling and excessive force. Shame the people that employ him don’t seem to have the capacity for basic management.

As a retiree of US Bank I am appalled by the fact a bank manager who suspected a fake check would call the police before he would make a simple call to the employer to verify the check. The bank manager even lied to police saying he HAD called and been told the check was fake. Firing him was the right thing to do, but it doesn't say much about the bank when a cowardly CEO, Andrew Cicere, didn't have the decency to come on camera and apologize for the incident. Instead, he tried to hide behind empty boilerplate statements of valuing diversity and respect. I don't believe former CEO, Richard Davis, would have handled the situation this way. He was a great leader who set an example of character and decency that is rarely seen in CEOs. Sadly he left the bank a few years ago to be replaced by someone who is apparently lacking those qualities. Cicere should be ashamed of himself.

The bank manager should have called to confirm whether the check was official or not. The bank is completely at fault in my opinion.😢

This is absolutely disgusting. The fact the manager didn’t call first to verify shows it was all judgment on his part. They belittled him and talked to him like he needed to be validated. He’s a working citizen, he should NOT be treated like this. 🤦🏻‍♂️

What a racist and disgusting service by the bank and police. I feel so sorry for the guy who was treated like this. Unbelievable.

"We conducted our own investigation and found no wrongdoing." - the bank and police dept.

The comments never disappoint! I got an update and a few chuckles! 😊 Glad everything turned out good for this brother!

I like how this cop thinks he can arrest someone for “saying something stupid”, in other words saying something he doesn’t like.

This is how people end up getting fed up with trying to earn an honest buck. Get treated like a criminal when criminals like the bank manager and politicians get a slap on the wrist

Should sue the bank and police department

Close the bank! Shameful behaviour