'Banking While Black': Police video shows how cashing a paycheck led to handcuffs
UPDATE: It happened again. Another U.S. Bank branch called police on another Black customer who was trying to get money from his own account. 5 INVESTIGATES recently obtained the new body camera video, spoke with the customer, and asked the company what it has done to make changes since this first report aired in December. Watch the latest investigation here: • 'Banking While Black':...
Body camera video obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES shows what happened when a U.S. Bank branch in Columbia Heights, MN called police on a 23 year-old Black man, Joe Morrow, who was trying to cash his paycheck. Despite having an account and showing his ID, a bank manager accused Morrow of fraud. Read the full investigation here kstp.com/news/banking-while-b...
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kzhead.info/sun/erWJfLCPfXOAl6M/bejne.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
You mean the overdose
@@donnieharness2 evil knows evil I know you
@@zummie6334 you make no sense and if you are saying you know me because you are evil that makes me evil you are sadly mistaken I'm not a back the blue guy but i also don't just follow the crowd and go along with something that didn't happen just Floyd being killed didn't happen he was crying I can't breathe because the fentanyl was shutting down his respiratory system holding a combative person doesn't choke them minutes before you touch them like was claimed in this case he shouldn't of swallowed all the fentanyl he had in his pocket trying to avoid another drug charge he would still be here and an innocent man/men wouldn't be in jail because the local yolcals were lied to and then became jury members he at least no one else will be raped and one less drug pusher out there this way
@@donnieharness2 are u human or animal in human skin
@@marxist3844 not another dumbest among us yep sure is
"Dont get angry, or it will make you look guilty." Most people get angry because they are NOT guilty.
It’s true though, best to fight it out in court. Easy lawsuit.
While not bad advice, it wasn't given under free advice. That was a loaded comment just shy of a threat.
@@charliedallachie3539 It may be best to fight in Court. But that doesnt mean people dont get angry because they dont feel they are deserving of treatment as a criminal for not being a criminal
Yet, the officer didn't care to mind that the bank manager was being racist at all right! If anything, he should be lecturing the bank manager instead
@@vena936 u sound like a child crying
Actually being angry when accused falsely is the most common reaction.
Black folk aren't allowed normal human emotions. At least, none which might make us sympathetic in any way.
That's their easiest defense and lie
When I was a kid, my parents would constantly accuse me of things I hadnt done, then theyd say "well if you did nothing wrong then you wouldnt be mad". Anytime I hear someone utter that phrase it gets under my fuckin skin so much
Maybe next time he shouldn’t slip the teller a note while trying to take money out of the bank. Cause slipping the teller notes isn’t weird or suspicious at all
That's how I know my lady cheat...when I bring it up she stays cool as a fan no matter how mad I get and then wants to hang out and see me smiling in my face. So I just be cheating right back. Like 7 different times now and I'm going to just keep cheating because she started it. 😂 I'm like Puffy..."can't stop won't stop, take that take that take that"
How to turn a $900 dollar payday check into a $900,000 dollar payday.
Lol, what's going to happen when he blows that money? You think he can maintain property taxes on his new house lol?
@@sneksteppy idk. All I know is that's a lot of tax payers money all because of a crooked officer and a lying banker.
@sneksteppy sounds like you're mad the bank got called out and exposed for racial profiling.
@@sneksteppy what he does with his money is none of your damn business. Maybe you should relocate to N Korea or something
@@BlueStarJTracist prick
The bank manager should be charged with obstruction of justice for lying about calling the employer.
I hope that bank manager was fired. Unbelievable.
Probably got a raise
He was just fired today
@@mydudewalksfunni2828 Yea after they got nationwide backlash. All to save face, they don't actually care
He was! 😁
This bank needs to close it's doors.
So just sit back and be polite when people are falsely accusing you of fraud? Im sorry but I feel being upset is a natural reaction to something like this
You look like the type of guy that would be proud of the fact that he has no emotional control.
He threatened the manager. 😂
@@Leprosy9they threatened to put him in jail so whats he suppose to do? Keep quiet? You guys are a typical people who support zionist Israel
@@Leprosy9the manager lied on him and tried to ruin his life 🤷🏾♂️
@@noahl.j.4362doesn’t matter to them Bro. They want us to walk around with our heads down, letting them do whatever they want to us.
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
Why does he need to wait in an office while validate the check? He's owed the same courtesy as every American citizen
@@pmac133 because all Americans are subject to having checks they bring to a bank teller validated.
This could have happened to anyone black or white cmon
@@dylanhagsauce8629 if it happened to anybody, if it happened to me, I would be pissed .
Shut up
“Blurred out because he did not want to be seen” Proceeds to give full name and exact place of work 🤣😂 savage
that was SO good 😂😂
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Let’s call and ask for the racist branch manager
Joe wanted everyone to know what happened to him, and the news certainly didn’t disappoint. 😆👍👏
@@Cmacs_Smile. i was eating my spaghetti and thinking that
“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.
Land of the free my ass
As someone who was going to be a cop and has cops as friends the officer was trying to help him by saying that. Officers deal with angry ppl everyday most of which are actually breaking the law. Many of those ppl start making violent threats to the officer or other ppl. Cops are supposed to remind ppl to stay calm because it keeps the situation from escalating, but most ppl no nothing about police or their training and only see the negative behavior of the .01% of police and forget that there are 1 million cops in the US all working 10-12 hour days stopping and interacting with dozens of ppl per day, thousands per year each and done fairly and correctly 99.99% of the time , but that doesn't make it to the news because it isn't interesting and wouldn't provide views and clicks for media to make money so we perceive there to be a huge issue because we only see the bad.
They can burn in Hell
@Wazzzaaaaaaa its not free for whites too
ACTUALLY BLM AND PRIDE MADE FREEDOM OF SPEECH A CRIME.
When the cop said “Keep working hard” at the end…that shit had my blood boiling
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.
13-60 is also a real phenomenon, baby girl
@@sneksteppywhy not just say you hate black people and move on?
@@sneksteppyYou’re sick.
So are methany and amphony running a muck in their trailers lol @@sneksteppy
@@sneksteppyAnother 15 year old white kid who parrots what he sees on the internet. Get laid, kid.
The cop should serve serious jail time for falsifying a police report.
That goddamn cop needs to be humiliated, bc that’s the ONLY punishment he’ll ever receive. How the fu(k did he act guilty???
They are allowed to use colorful language for their reports...didn't you ever wonder why cops become similar writers 🤔
You mean like Jussie Smollett?
@@dialecticalmonist3405 Jussie was put on trial and found guilty. What other “gems” do you have to justify the racist actions of the bank and the sergeant?
@@shandean8352 I'm just trying to make the case that Jussie has not yet been sentenced and that he should face jail time.
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.
True ! Everyday occurrence , so the manager took it upon himself to not follow procedure for that particular person for a particular reason . And we all know now what that reason was , thanks to the video footage .
Exactly.
Exactly! Why call the cops when u can call the company!????
If the cop had lectured the bank manager internal affairs would have fired the cop.
Cop is trained to be a cop. The banker should be able to call and validate a paycheck instead of calling cops. So the cop did the managers job. Anyway it sucks for the young man. But I think we should be more angry with manager who didn’t do his job.
We investigated ourselves and found we acted appropriately and awarded ourselves a huge bonus!
😅😅
KZhead is asking me if this comment brings value to the platform, LOL
LAWSUIT, MAN DESERVES BIG PAYOUT.
Remember, anger is the most common feeling for someone who has been falsely accused.
Duh, the officer is full of crap.
Also the most common reaction of someone caught lying, cheating & stealing.
@@danlyons4602 that possibility would come less than the possibility of someone showing anger for a potentially racist false accusation
@@danlyons4602 you need to use the brain more... unless you don't really analyse but thieves don't get angry..they may pretend to be angry though
@@matsikorashid8295 theirs either run away or stand their ground. Dealt with both.
That manager did not treat him like a customer at all saying "watch and make sure he doesn't steal anything." Unbelievable.
While enjoying the benefits of a people and continent that's stolen.🤣
Hmmm, I wonder..., why would he ever think the guy would steal something lol!
@@robertwright4220 because he knows his group stole everything they have, even the guy sitting in front of him. When you're a thief you're naturally worried about thieves.when you've committed every sin against a people you're naturally worried if today is the day you face the final solution which is justice.
If I was the owner of that bank I would do MORE than just FIRE him. I would BLACKBALL him and make sure that the best job he could hope for in his future is as a janitor cleaning toilets.
@@cryptocrazy235 lmao don’t forget to take your meds
This is why I “Bank Black” I opened accounts in black owned banks
No such thing. I don't care what you want to think
@@Burning_Babylon boy stfu i been with my black bank for years they would even hired non-black
@@Burning_Babylon They tend to have a majority of black employees
OneUnited Bank is the largest blank owned bank
Way to keep segregation live and well...thank you
"This is Minnesota, this is not who we are." Sir this is America, it happens everywhere
"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.
Exactly, it also easier to say stay calm qhen you never have to deal with racism in their life. 🙄 the logic
Cop just gave the guy advice because if you say something stupid infront of a cop oh let's say a threat it's jail for you. Staying quiet is best in that situation because the cops were gonna get to the bottom of it which they did. I was told that same thing when I was in an altercation by a different skin colored cop than I am
@@rollthedice5682 if being subjected to discipline leads you to a life of crime as a reply you just need to rot in prison if you can't deal with society.
@@genericscout5408 what are you talking about. This man was not a criminal yet he was treated like one and faced discipline. He has every right to feel upset and frustrated. The fact you still victim blaming shows your ignorance. If you never been in this position do not speak like it so damn easy. How about racists learn to navigate society instead. Prision is for people who murder, steal, rape, pedos. It is not for innocent people like this man. Try again.
Yet you can kill people for saying "the n-word" Such is the hypocritical double standard in the US.
The black gentleman was the only innocent man there, in a room full of criminals and false accusers.
Misinterpreting agitation as guilt is wild.
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!🤦🏼♀️😡😢
he NEEDS to be compensated for this,this is absolutely horrible to happen to a hard-working citizen
He was, apparently you weren't listening.
Ironically this could be the best thing to ever happen to him if a lawsuit goes well
What needs to happen is for the officers and all bank employees to be fired.isn't he a tax payer?
@C C just dont use that bank lmfao ur on some next lvl crazy shit
@@PowerfulKundalini no! The bank teller accused him of criminal activity and called the cops, instead of just DOING HIS DAMN JOB and calling the company the paycheck was issued from to verify its validity like he's supposed to, is some next level bullshit and AGAINST THE LAW 😒 The teller committed a crime against a paying customer who had done nothing wrong. Now that's some bullshit!
Absolutely disgusting that the cop lectured the arrested man for being frustrated rather than lecturing the bank manager for wasting so much police time
Right he was so condescending
The bank manager needs to be arrested. He broke multiple laws.
The one innocent person in the room is scolded for overreacting when the cops are only there because the racist ass bank manager overreacted to a gut instinct
Thing is, they really do that all of the time. So the bank manager is right to be cautious, but calling the police was unnecessary. What's so difficult about calling his employer and verifying the check? That way the customer is treated with dignity. If the customer finds out and questions why they called his employer they could simply reply "we've had a large amount of bad checks at this branch so we had to verify the check's authenticity. Our apologies for the inconvenience, sir"
@@johne3999 Who is "they"
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.
cops keep proving to us that cameras attached to their uniforms are 100% necessary
This.
@@magnetarattractionsno9643 where is that data that says most of their shootings are justified? I would like to read it and learn more. Also you saying "make up your minds" like everyone thinks the same thing or as if activists are all the same is just downright stupid. The cameras are necessary.
And they still don’t get in trouble for what is seen of them on camera
This ^ , should be part of the uniform just as the badge
@Dude02 If it were not for these cameras who knows what would have happened to this innocent man. You don't need to be apart of an agenda to state the obvious. Stop trying so desperately to discredit my validity by resorting to pathetic and meaningless rhetoric that just exposes your own agenda that YOU'RE pushing.
That was the most calm “anger” I’ve ever seen. Joe: sitting still, almost whispering. Officer: calm down joe.
Sin leads to hell, keep focused, the devil is on earth to destroy your soul. But God wants to give you everlasting Joy. But our sin is keeping this from happening. You must stop sinning and turn to Jesus Christ he is your only hope. He can save you from eternal suffering under the Earth, where hell is hot.. Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in. Matthew 7:21.....
I was thinking exactly the same. A pathetic display of disrespect.
That officer was fearing for his life
If Joe would of farted that would of been a 10 year term for assault on a cop 👮♂️ 🤔
Hope that settlement he got was at least worth millions
If your bank or company refused to go on camera to make a comment, them the station should not read the statement on TV !!! Too embarrassed to be on TV ????
Pay that man ! Unacceptable
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.
Talk about WASTING police time. The bank 'manager' needs to be fired for Racial Discrimination and we need to come together and work to end racism, discrimination and to become educated...this is NOT the 1800s or Jim Crow South. I thought we as a society are MORE intelligent than this.
Best comment I have read so far!
@@pamfoster4460 they probably wouldn't be up to anything better anyways 😂
Crazy part the bank chain protecting manager. Any other case they would we don't participate in this type of activity at our brand...... but he gets blurred out
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"You're acting guilty" "Im not doing anything wrong" "Yea but its like you're guilty" 😂😂😂 I swear, can't win for shyt
Nope if you get upset cause of someone’s racism it’s your fault. If you don’t well why didn’t you stop them they will say. I’m so disgusted with how people of color are treated. People need to be treated fairly and equally not this bullshit oh your black well we are just gonna assume you are guilty. This shit pisses me off to no end. It’s a big reason why I hate humanity as a whole.
@@Gamerfreak1515 I'm there with you. I fking hate people. Not all but you already know what I mean. Disgusting mentalities!
@@jaydrider8871 yep I know exactly what you mean.
Don't fight with pigs, you'll both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Humans Policing humans. This evil will never be diminished as long as our species thrives. We need another traumatic wake up call. Another world wide storm or something
Don't say anything stupid or your gonna get arrested for it. Fire that man immediately.
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.
I’m white and know this was absolutely outrageous. The cop even acted like the guy was acting guilty. That is absurd.
It is common. I worked with people who used to try this technique. Feigning aggression from the customer to deny services. Once our calls started to be recorded, pay increases depended on customer interaction and quality assurance, things changed pretty quickly.
Yes your race is just 🤮🤢
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@northside3701 just chill bru that ain’t the way
@@cameronbuckley3356 Don't tell me to chill you goofy 🤡. Don't get mad because racism is embed in your people DNA.
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.
makes your blood boil, do these people even hear what they are telling people?
That's one of the most evil parts of cops. They kno its no big deal but try to make it into one to piss people off so they can arrest them
Yes that was disgusting. Made me so mad!
Man I'm from Brazil and I'm always watching content from the US, how is that even possible in the "country of freedom"?
@@nabusca3625 That's just a dream.
the manager should have been fired for causing a big problem BEFORE confirming the check.
The bank manager was wrong.
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.
It shouldn't have even gotten to the manager - that's the teller's job! It takes a couple of seconds...but, that didn't happen, because this young man was profiled as soon as he walked in the door, just because some other assholes may or may not have brought in fake checks.
BINGO!! Why were they called before verification was made first? They should be also held accountable for using emergency services for a non emergency because that constitutes a false call/claim. How do you even say "I have someone here with what I THINK is a fake check"? If I'm the cops I'm like, "Okay well, when you KNOW for a fact, call us back". Until then, help your customer!
Useless people not doing their job, and that's what happens
That’s the point of the video
More likely that the kid didn't have ID with him, the check being real isn't even the issue
How can the police department watch this and believe the officer's conduct was ok? Almost unbelievable.
Right, they didn't even throw him around to make it look like he was resisting arrest! Amateur hour.
Because systemic racism exists despite what the Republican Party and Fox News will tell you. This stuff is rampant.
@@whocaresguy you're a whopper
Racist cops
Anything a cop does is OK with the cop system, up to and including murder.
“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.
Bro being calm and being told to calm down gives me "Anger Management" plane scene vibes
This is unacceptable. Outrageous. Sue them and have that manager fired. The police department needs to be accountable too.
Bank manager made a false police report should be charged that's a crime. Cops should be held accountable but they have Qualified Immunity so untill we Force the supreme Court to abolish it that will never happen. Also bank manager should have a hate crime charge too.
Real racism Protects itself nothing will happen If it's some dude on the street he might get fired But bank managers and people with real power nothing happens to them
I,know,a, pipeline,crew,in, Oklahoma,who,got,fired,for,being,white,the, Mexican s, didn't, want to,work, with,them,it,goes,both,ways
The manager is still on Linkedin and employed at the bank.
All could have been avoided with 1 phone call !!
Did you know that there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar? I'm guessing this bank didn't know that.
He got detained not arrested. He showed pretty clear aggression he was pretty close to punching that guy in the face. I would pull my account from that bank and file a lawsuit.
@@watertriton detained without any reasonably articulated suspicion he committed any crime besides say so from the bank manager- which doesn't qualify- he didn't not even confirm if the check was fake first or anything and the guy wasn't going to run obviously so what reason did they have to detain him without having anything to go on?
Exactly. I would have asked the officer what he wanted me to do...smile and give that man a freaking kiss?
@@watertriton Can you blame him? I am glad he did not but ONLY because of the trouble he could have gotten into. If he HAD I would have felt no anger towards him or sympathy to the guy he punched.
@@watertriton This is exactly right.
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.
"Keep working hard"... The most guiltiest schitt ever said by a Cop
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?
This!! It blows my mind of the absolute NO accountability of all these people that freak out and have 911 always at the top of their phone history? Literally thousands of taxpayers dollars are wasted on each one of those calls. And also the absence of needed help in actual emergency that could occur in that time.
I dont agree with sasha barren choens politics or anything about him really. But thats besides the point. During the filming of the first borat. Within the first 2 days of filming. They were called into the police 534 times.
Lawsuit big time. Burn em. U. S. Bank needs to suffer
Exactly!! He lied to the officer prior to checking it out, then the officer takes his word for it without any further investigating puts the man in cuffs! Typical from USbank & the Police.. “We’ve investigated ourselves & found no wrong doing” 🤦🏻♂️
Like so much B's here the officer should have verified himself instead of taking the word of a random citizen. The bank clerk should have been arrested period. There is no reason for that person to lie and not even check. Idc if they were scared that's their personal responsibility to grow a pair. Jail time and a nice fat lawsuit on the bank. Train your employees the right way or suffer.
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.
After he had worked a 12 HOUR SHIFT! He sounded tired and needing to sleep, and tired of the situation.
As a black male you are constantly aware you are not allowed to get angry or end up in cuffs. Even then, if you even sigh they will cuff you as a threat. This is how they are trained to operate.
How about getting lectured of ACTING GUILTY when the manager ACCUSED HIM BEFORE CALLING!!! I would be sooo pissed. How tf you lead with lecturing me when you should be scrutinizing the managers actions!! Waste of everyone’s time
@@cqproton yes, at that point they should’ve been begging on their knees for forgiveness! 😡
The whole situation is stupid, but if most black people didn't feed into the stereotype of doing stupid shit, someone like Joe whos an honest man wouldn't be profiled lol. It is what it is
"Getting upset makes you look guilty"? An innocent person wouldn't get upset about being treated like that??
Is believable what the bank & police put this hard working, honest young man through! I am disgusted with the bank & police, especially the way they talked to him & cuffed him up like a criminal. Then they blank out the picture of the bank manager to protect him. The bank should have called his employer & verified the check immediately but lied. I would have acted the same as the young man. Being cuffed and talked down to by the policeman was sickening. I hope the bank agreement was good because this was obviously prejudice. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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.
@E Double really its could’ve
@E Double y'all are ridiculous
That cop is so manipulative. Instead of acknowledging they were all wrong and then placed the blame on the victim. Outrageous
Cope.
it really is the worst kind of victim blaming, where you gaslight the wronged person into believing they were somehow at any fault for getting upset over this kind of bullshit "just don't get mad, don't move, don't give me a reason to put you in handcuffs until this other asshole has actually done his job he was supposed to do before we got called out here" the first words out of his mouth should have been "I'm sorry you had to go through that, you had every right to be upset and we shouldn't have over reacted to your frustration" with no follow up 'but' after it
Cops always do that. Government peons never admit fault.
I actually have some creeps in law enforcement who watch my comments on KZhead. Very evil cowardly people.
@@ethanhoff7772 Evidence.
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
"We conducted our own investigation and found no wrongdoing." - the bank and police dept.
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.
He looked guilty in the eyes of the cop. When your not European American, you are guilty until provident innocent. Not the other way around.
"Innocent until proven guilty. Unless you look guilty/black."
hey, the cops look guilty by their actions... but that doesn't count because... they are white???
@@jbodden6977 Correct.
Exactly! Dude is basically instructing this young man to excuse and accept his obvious unconscious bias. Ridiculous- they need training!
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. 🤦🏻♂️
This kind of stuff happens to everybody. But when it happens to a minority. They feel like they are being singled out. I am so sick and tired of the race card.
@@darinr3748 the police don’t go around arresting white people for no reason but they do it to black and people who are not the same race as them they don’t realize we built this country and you just don’t want us to speak out
@@darinr3748 You don't think race had anything to do with the manager not calling to verify the check before getting police involved?
@@darinr3748 we will shame all racist without fear or favour...ignoring racism doesn't mean it doesn't exist...we will name and shame all of you.
@@danielalorbi no, I do not. Things happen to everybody. So when something happens to a minority. They go straight for the race card. It won’t be long before people start figuring out that these kind of claims, are nothing but garbage. Bad things happened to everyone and it happens to all races. So get off the pity party and come back to reality.
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.
Yeah, U.S. Bank knows they are GUILTY AS HELL...yet these folks are still in business.
"Wait to be validated" is the exact same statement as "guilty until proven innocent", that cop needs to go to court.
Was that validation for the check? Or being black? Seriously it's not hard to validate a paycheck. WTF was that bank doing.
@@TaniaRavenYT doing too much
That bank should still be boycotted by all black people.
He's referring to the check being validated that's kinda how checks work blame the bank not the police officer
@@schplays8595 but they way the police don’t him to say nothing stupid or you can get arrested that’s contradictory of the 1st amendment
It’s sad that as a KZhead 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.
This is not a “race” issue. The cop did everything he needed to do don’t make everything about race.
They love Nazis
@@soledfamily if its not a race issue why is the title 9f the video and report on the news "banking while black"? Somebody sounds like a passive aggressive racist that says I have blk friends, hates any one that kneels at a sporting event, and says "just follow the law/orders and it wouldn't be so bad" 😂
can’t seem to find it, can you send some links pla
@@soledfamily By saying that you make me think you're racist, because you are trying to say that these arrests aren't race based but in the video you can clearly see that it is race based.
I hope this young man files a lawsuit. He will be awarded millions.
It never ceases to amaze me how the human response of being accused of something you didn’t do is somehow supposed to be some accidental response. If I’m accused of something I didn’t do that’s going to upset me. If I’m humiliated and embarrassed, that’s going to upset me even more Considerably so if it Hass to do with my skin color or my race. Police officials and profilers have it wrong they assume everyone fits into a particular box and that is just not the case. A police officer approaches you you’re already wondering what’s going on and then they accuse you of something you didn’t do Being a person of color now you’re upset because you know that this is the norm for our society for centuries and you know you’re about to go through hell to prove that you didn’t do something simply because your skin tone is a darker color, then white. Am I not supposed to be upset and why are you telling me to calm down doesn’t upset me even more as if you don’t have an inclination of why I’m upset. Stop telling people to not be upset. This is the natural response to situations that happen, especially if they are accusatory allegations. Not only are you caught off guard not only is your mind racing to figure out what in the world is going on but you’re also racing to figure out what just happened. So stop telling people not to be upset and stop assuming that everyone’s response to situations like this should be some type of response with an a box and if it doesn’t fit your assumption of how one should respond then obviously you’re guilty, this is ridiculous this profilers and this psychology Has to stop
What's worse is when the officers realize they're wrong they launch into a lecture of how they were in the right because of some perceived guilt before even investigating.
Why do you lecture the bank manager that's the guy that needed the lecture
Coplaining
Facts bro they have to justify their actions.. pure tyranny
That's what white cops always do. They always try to lecture black people after they've done fucked up shit to us.
"Sir do you have any clue how blk you were banking?"
There’s no such thing as “Acting guilty” when “we’re innocent until proven guilty”.
Guilty until proven innocent
@@uglyburrito_ unfortunately you’re right.
AbsoFuckinlutley
No, if you've experienced life then you'll know people can and do act guilty, you didn't know this?
@@jamesjameson4566 that shouldn't matter. Our system claims that we're "innocent until *proven* guilty" even though we still jail those who have not been proven to be guilty in any way.
I would have been way more angry then he was. The cop and the bank manager should be fired.
Are u serious this was a hate crime the bank manager should be facing federal time ..
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.
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!!
He would be doxxed and the internet would ruin his life. He deserves that though.
This is Ridiculous!!!!!! I’ve been working in banking for 17 years. I’ve worked for US Bank!! Racist Bank 💯👏🏿👏🏿I said what I said.
bank manager, identified in the report as John Askwith in Columbia Heights
I like how this cop thinks he can arrest someone for “saying something stupid”, in other words saying something he doesn’t like.
I was about to say freedom of speech, you can say whatever you want, I mean I'm pretty sure you might get handcuffed for a threat but other than that you can say whatever you want
Meanwhile after listening to him, everything he said was stuuupid.😊
He should have sued the officer too. I definitely hope he put in a formal complaint against him
@@Ash_NuggTatoHop on a school bus and start cursing. You can be arrested for your words. I get why people are confused by what "freedom of speech" means...what I don't get is why so many people throw that around without knowing what it actually means.
@Ash_NuggTato The bank is NOT a government entity. Freedom of speech is not applicable here.
Blurred out the bank manager, tells us his full name 😂
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
The bank manager IS A CRIMINAL EVEN IF ITS ONLY A MISDEMEANOR. He should have been arrested himself for making a totally baseless call to the police. I have seen raging KARENS make calls to the police that are more valid than this.
I know what you mean 💯
I bet the bank maganer stealing money. White people always do some money crime other white people don't care about.
@@isaiahprater8325 that's the same judgement by race that got the customer handcuffed. We gotta be better than that. Besides, he's proven by how he handled this he is too lazy for that. A little extra work could've saved him the settlement and public outing that he is a racist.
"Don't say anything stupid or you're just gonna get arrested for it." I'd love to know what law that is.
It's called contempt of cop
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FREEDOM of speech....Is the implied justification for threat of arrest.
Know your place law, because you people ain't free?
Freedom of speech
"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.
It means sue and get your due.
he means to take it to court if he thinks he was profiled. He was not arrested, he was detained. He was handcuffed, not booked into jail.
Restrained, detained and arrested all involve handcuffs. It was quite unnecessary and unprofessional. Why not detain the banker? He was upset first.
He didn’t stand up because he was angry. He stood up because they told him to. The banker wanted him out of his office.
@@Porty900 okay professor billy bob
Arrested for standing up too quickly
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.
The bank manager should be in prison for multiple years in general population . For this hate crime
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.
How fucking dare that Sergent criticize him on his behavior. He had every right to be pissed off and he wasn't acting irrational. Absolutely infuriating.
Yeah and y'all are rarely proven innocent. Shit is fucked.
@@mosbrg man stfu 🤬 it’s innocent black men being killed everyday. Stop trying to justify your evil racist heart
@@MantimeHustle what I was trying to say is many black people in America are not proven innocent when they should be.
This kind of situation is tough bc the cops have to remove people from private property if asked to, and often there's been no crime committed. It pre primes them to cuff and limit movement, bc that person is going to be pissed as a rule (high chance of an ass getting kicked in other words), especially if they haven't committed a crime. To me the big glaring racist asshole in this story is the bank manager. Not making the phone call to the employer right away (assuming that fake check story is real), not apologizing and immediately trying to make it right etc...
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”
The funny thing is, getting angry is actually a sign of someone telling the truth
@@Kooler253 that’s what I was thinking too lol
Yeah, bad choice of words on the cop's end
It’s an enraging situation. Being called out in front of everyone, being told “you people”, the cop coming as an enforcer of law and truth and being abrasive with you, the cop making up lies to arrest you, and then this punk bank manager looks him dead in the eyes and says “can me move him? I feel like he’s gonna take something off my desk.” And if you the victim react to this in any way out of anger, you’re done.
the cop is racist too... that media eun he had a few days before was just some luck and he was hyping acting like he aint racist...now the truth is out and I hope he sees this comment
Time to sue US Bank and bury their butts, time to sue the Sgt for false arrest and his Police Department!
I wonder who you have to thank for that reputation
Kudos to this news station for making this a full story. Mad respect for them bringing and actually FOLLOWING what people really need to hear.
I agree with because the narrative could’ve been a whole lot different, instead of it being “banking while black” it would’ve been “aggressive black man attacks employ”. And many peoples mind would change quickly because they would’ve started criticizing him and his actions
@@Camm85 wtf r u talking about? Theyre reporting what happened?
@@kuirkyy they didn't just report what happened, they turned it into a nationwide epidemic of banks racially profiling black ppl
@@scubasheev66 they do
@@kuirkyy do what? Have black ppl thrown in jail for trying to cash legal checks? Link me that story pls
Imagine calling the police instead of THE SUPERMARKET WHO CAN ACTUALLY VERIFY WHAT IS GOING ON!
Agreed but it was the individuals responsibility to act like an adult and first thing called his work himself... anyone with a single brain cell can figure this out; instead he acted like a child throwing a temp tantrum then blamed other ppl for doing their jobs... ppl need to stop being so weak
@@jaybelle1909 nonsense.
@@jaybelle1909That was not the problem. The problem was that the bank wouldn’t believe him. If you inform someone of your credentials and they choose not to verify it or believe it’s fake than that’s on them. That would be the banktellers job to let him know they believe it’s fake and for him to consider calling someone that could verify it… That was their customer not a criminal.
@@TheFoolishable Thanks for putting my anger into reasonable language.
@@jaybelle1909 With that mentality a person would be "guilty until proven innocent" instead of "innocent until proven guilty."
The unfortunate reality is that this happens all the time even if your applying for a job.
I just watched a video of the Director of the Black Panther movie getting handcuffed at a bank for trying to withdraw $12k from Bank of America, his own bank. 🤦♂️
I love seeing a person that doesn't deal with racism telling a black man how he should respond to racism.
That's the typical liberal behavior lol
@@keen9166 No its typical white people behavior liberal or conservative
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@@keen9166 the manager is typical racist trumpster! Yes you right
This!
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!!
Thank you! And, he was terminated! However, the people in position to hire will hire him as a bank manager in another bank. They really don't see anything wrong.
Godbless you I’ll say it you have a great heart
@@kg356 not once but I’m white passing cuz I’m mixed. Can’t say the same for my brother with a different dad, been through the same situation cops were better then this cop tho.
@@karrupt487 Cuz is just a WS troll lol. He tried to say the guy didn't have an account at the bank under my comment🤦🏿🤣🤣.
@@kg356 yeah, but ive never been put in handcuffs because of it. the bank manager was on body cam calling AFTER he was already in handcuffs. thats not how due process works. those officers illegally detained that man at the will of that bank manager. a good attorney could get him paid for that. The officers are suppose to call and verify and not take a civillians word for it, when that bank manager lied and had that dude put in handcuffs, thats literally a felony.
He wasn't out of control. He had id and an account. The manager lied saying he called the company and the check was fake but never made the call. If fraudulent checks are coming in from that company call BEFORE you look like an idiot. Then he verified the check after the cuffs were on. The bank manager and the cop need to go. The cop basically said that the bank did nothing wrong. He should have had a conversation with the idiot manager.
"When you start acting upset and irate, it makes you look guilty." How, when I'm upset and irate BECAUSE I AM NOT GUILTY?!? I hope Mr. Morrow got paid again!
Here's the problem. Suppose this branch truly did receive a lot of fraudulent UNFI checks as they claimed. In that case, you calmly explain the situation to the customer and let them know that a quick one-time verification will be required (and on any subsequent visits, that person is whitelisted). What you DON'T do is march the customer into your office and treat them like a criminal. Brainless oafs.
Exactly
Oof... "Whitelisted"
@@Pretzil43 Lol I don't concern myself with the silly people who are offended by inoffensive things. The etymology has no racist derivations.
I wouldnt even explain that part. I'd just say I had to do a standard verification and go check it. I'm not gonna say anything that might suggest I suspect fraud cuz that's gonna come off as accusatory af if the check is legit.
@@joannamonique707 That's a reasonable approach. I like to err on the side of full disclosure, so I would make it clear that all checks from that location are subject to verification, and that it wasn't specific to that customer.
as a police officer i would be straight up pissed if i was called out to the bank and realize that the manager called me onto the scene for nothing. without doing his due diligence. i might have arrested the bank manager for false accusations. run up on the wrong police officer and see what happens.
Filing a false police report.
Bank manager was also lying to police.
Mmmmm you’re just too cool to be a cop I guess. 🤣
We need more officers like you. 😞
Yes that was my exact thoughts that bank teller should have been arrested for a false police report and he should have been in handcuffs instead of that young man it rediculous
Sue that damn bank!
"dont say anything stupid" coming out of the mouth of this cop then finding out that indeed the cop, the manager, and US Bank were the ones in the wrong is a perfect illustration of our society as a whole.
black ppl threatening cops then crying about it, yes this society is f*cked
"This feels like racial profiling." "I will arrest you for saying that." Immediate lawsuit, sue everybody.
The p.o.s. badge said that specifically to try to bait Mr. Morrow into getting mad and doing something. Nobody ever says calm down to someone who IS calm, unless they're trying to piss them off. The moment that worthless badge laid eyes on Mr. Morrow, he had already decided on arresting him for whatever reason he could come up with. Even if Mr. Morrow had stood up slowly he would have ended up in cuffs.
Ironically the best advice. Never talk to the police. The phrase is "Everything WILL be used against you". Lawyer up.
It’s a gas lighting tactic and he should have turned his words back on him instead of sitting their listening to his false narrative “advice” designed to exonerate the shody investigation conducted by the officer that failed to validate the bank manager’s allegations
The officer's words were outrageous considering he's a sergeant!! The bank manager needs firing immediately!! U.S. bank needs education in racial profiling...file a lawsuit!!!
They just need to hire people who don't racially profile!!?? Usually you need more then 1 check to prove check fraud. No Call to the Employer or who issued the check??? Just a direct call to 911.....
@@CadillacBoss30 John Askwith is unemployed now.
@@CadillacBoss30 What's crazy is that he has an account with them. They can see his previous deposits. Maybe it was a new job and his 1st check from this company, but if he has previous check deposits from that same employer that's even more egregious.
I agree, the officer that told him he could get arrested for saying something should be fired too.
@@mikeoftheussenterprise4895 but how many people has he affected that hasn't gone viral? How many loans or credit applications has he rejected. Everything he has denied ordained off on needs to be analyzed.
This made me start crying I’m so upset and I know how he felt
Sue them till it hurts. This is so racist. Times have not changed, this shows it.
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.
He was fired?? If he was I’m sooo glad he did! This piece of shit don’t deserve to work with public at all because he can cause for someone to be killed by doing what he did ! I’m a costumer of this chain and I’m going now to close my acc !
He needs to be arrested for telling that lie to the police.
Succinct, and impeccably articulated.
Thank you for exposing their names
And how is he being irate? What part of this young man demeanor made them think he was irate or flexing? Nothing. So maybe you assume black men is a threat no matter what .
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.
If true then that's great
He was already a customer. That’s freaking hilarious. They should fire that moron lazy manager for NOT doing his job. Why didn’t he call the company to confirm the check was legit? Moron. All the blame and problem is on HIM. Sue him personally. Civil suit.
Who is the police to tell someone they are acting guilty. Cops are the most dishonest disgusting corrupt evil people on this planet 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
What about the pigs who made a false arrest?
That’s good to know,happy for him!
When the kid got up from his seat in anger he's actually walking away from the manager. The police is surrounding him with guns. No threat.
I’m not for claiming racism, but this was definitely weird
After watching this again I just realized the bank manager lied to the cops and claimed he had already called UNFI and verified the check was fake. Why wasn't that bank manager in cuffs for making false statements to police during an investigation? the kid was cuffed for "standing up aggressively" while having his civil rights violated but the bank manager can lie to police and no one cared. Disgusting! Instead of lecturing the kid and trying to justify their actions that cop should have apologized to him and cuffed that manager and hauled him out of the bank like the criminal he is
Indeed, the issue however comes when people, ofen key board commados feel the need to support the bank (in this case) caliming the cusomer did whatever and of course complaining if somone makes a scene. I was once accused to steal, was held back in the store ( not a bank though) and ending was the store had to close for total restuation becuse I broke everthing and then broke it again and left, leaving the bill with the shop and it did break the shop, it actually got bankrupt, and that was a good thing
Totally in agreement with you!
Facts bank manager need to get his 👋 💯
U already know the answer to that
They don't care they just want to kick hem out and cover their own butt.😑