This audit takes place outside this Bank of America location, as I was documenting what I could see from the public sidewalk. It was a fairly large location with a drive thru ATM lane around the opposite from where I was doing the majority of my recording. When I went around the other side of the building to check out the Drive thru ATM lane, on my way back , I noticed bank security had briefly followed me around the corner. As I made my way back to my original position, a 2nd security guard came outside to have a conversation with his colleague before both of them retuned inside the front doors. Soon after an employee of the bank approached me , asking why I was recording the bank. When she didn't get the answers she wanted, she turned to go back inside, but not before I asked her if she could reassure their customers that their money was safe with BofA during this current banking crisis taking place . After a while , a customer exiting the building took notice of me recording & began saying she was going to sue me , because I didn't get her permission to record her. I offered her information regarding public photography, but she proceeded to call police. A short time later, a patrol car pulled into the parking lot to do a drive through of the area. As I made my way around the parking lot perimeter, the patrol car had already exited the lot.
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22 сен 2024
