"you people always coming in with fake check" and &%$ lying Sgt justin Pletcher

[Demovictory9]

video has surfaced from a U.S. Bank in Minnesota, showing the branch wrongfully detaining Joe Morrow, a Black man, who entered the local bank to cash his paycheck after working a 12-hour shift as an "order picker" at a grocery store.

A bank manager had Morrow placed in handcuffs despite already having an account with the bank and showing his I.D. upon entry, KSTP reported.

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/footage-shows-minnesota-man-wrongfully-detained-while-attempting-to-cash-a-check-at-bank/ar-AARHe6Q

watch whole video as Sgt Justin Pletcher gas lights this poor young man.. "stay calm or I'll have to arrest you"

https://kstp.com/news/banking-while-black-police-video-shows-how-cashing-a-paycheck-led-to-handcuffs/6324616/?cat=1

Despite having an account with the bank and showing his ID, that simple transaction led to a call to police, threats of arrest, and Morrow being placed in handcuffs.

A bank manager told officers he suspected the check was a fake, but police body camera video shows he only called Morrow's employer for verification after the 23-year-old Black man was removed from his office.

The check was, in fact, real.

[malaise]

1. I hope he sues them

for wads of cash - that is all!

[Demovictory9]

4. he settled.

[Botany]

12. He got paid and the manager is gonna get fired.

"U.S. Bank reached a confidential settlement with Morrow last month according to his attorneys, just weeks after 5 INVESTIGATES started asking questions about the incident.

A spokesperson confirmed the branch manager who called police on Joe Morrow is still employed with U.S. Bank and that it is “reviewing the situation.”

https://kstp.com/news/us-bank-apology/6328290/

[malaise]

13. Good

Fire the racist

[Botany]

14. The man had an I.D., a leagal check, and an account at the bank

n/t

[Chicago1980]

17. The manager isn't getting fired.

No repercussions for anyone and no apology or accountability.

[Botany]

20. "U.S. Bank CEO issues apology"

And the bank said that it is “reviewing the situation.” IOW once their legal team goes over things he will be fired.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. That's My Guess, As Well

But, summary dismissal would likely have been legally defensible.
His actions embarrassed the company & he's an at-will employee.
Not sure why legal would need to take more than a couple hours.

[Botany]

27. I think at first US Bank was hoping this would just "blow over" but to treat a customer of the ...

.... bank so badly let alone an African American should have been reason to fire him ASAP.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. Probably So

Which, of course, is stupid.
Nobody is indispensable, and I'm surmising his temperament is at odds with being a superstar employee.
Should have been fired as soon as legal knew a settlement was prudent.
He embarrassed the company AND he cost them money.

[abqtommy]

3. I'm really sorry this happened to Joe but if he contacts the right lawyer he just might

end up owning that bank!

[Demovictory9]

5. after the media got hold of the story, the bank settled.

[abqtommy]

18. Thanks. I went to your KSTP link and found this of interest to me:

U.S. Bank disputed Morrow's allegations of racial profiling but quietly agreed to a confidential settlement two weeks after 5 INVESTIGATES started asking questions about the incident.

Lawyers and advocates say Morrow's experience raises questions about implicit bias and is part of a national phenomenon that more Black Americans have been documenting in recent years with the social media hashtag "Banking while Black."

[FreepFryer]

6. Heartbreaking. Sue the fuck out of them (Nt)

[LoisB]

7. Can't jog, can't drive, can't shop, can't have skittles, can't play loud music, can't vote, can't

play with a toy gun, can't protest, can't barbeque in a public park, can't cash a check.... Maybe we need a "what Black folks CAN do" memo.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

15. Can't breathe at times, either.

KY.......

[MyOwnPeace]

30. Shocking - but true......

It's one thing to not be able to 'cash a check' - but to be in a society that allows such brutality - we need to be better......

[LoisB]

31. Indeed.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

41. Agree. Companies should have strictly enforced policies against racism....

that included demotion or firing for such actions as this one. They should hold review classes every year with mandatory attendance.

That's the way it's done for safety training in industry and workers are required to complete their training before being allowed to work.

KYEG

[judesedit]

28. You got it right! Both of you

[NNadir]

8. This is outrageous. A quick search on Google suggests this bank has a lot of racism in its...

organization.

[calimary]

10. Not to mention shameful and just flat-out embarrassing.

Have we really sunk this low?

[MyOwnPeace]

36. "Have we really sunk this low?"

Trump - Boebert - Green - Gaetz.............

Sadly, I'm afraid your question has been answered............

[DFW]

37. Plus Cruz, plus Gohmert, plus Graham,

Plus Abbott, plus Gosar, plus Cawthorn, plus Johnson (WI), plus Perdue, plus Alito.................

It is a national shame and a dark stain on our nation that the list seems so endless.

[uponit7771]

43. +1

[SergeStorms]

9. Banking while Black.

What else could Morrow have done?

Apparently they have very strict "Banking While Black" rules in Minnesota.

Morrow deserves restitution for the racist, inhumane treatment he was shown by USBank.

[Demovictory9]

26. ... and that cop. on the video... when Morrow claims racial profiling "be careful what you say, you

could be arrested".. or something similar is the reply from Sgt. Justin Pletcher... WOW...

[SergeStorms]

39. Yeah, that cop needs....

a solid month of sensitivity and racial profiling training. He automatically assumed Morrow was guilty.

If that's not a possibility, he needs reassignment or dismissal. Minnesota police seem to be poorly trained. This type of thing is happening much too often for this stuff to be an isolated incident.

[mahina]

11. Stupid racist bigot Jackass

I hope both the bank and cop were fired.

How do we heal from this poison?

[Solomon]

42. By firing the bank manager and the cop.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. This has happened numerous times across the country to blacks and Latinos.

In some parts, trust appears to be proportional to the lightness of you skin.....

[PurgedVoter]

19. Sad. Whenever a white person says "you people" he puts a stain on that white.

When a person says, "you people," he has just said he was different. When the next next act is to create injustice, the difference is ethical. Sadly if this man either felt he could get away with this or he felt he was doing the right thing. Possibly both.

Sadly I grew up with these people. A lot of them interact well with and even respect the black people they work with. Yet they despise the black people they do not know. It is impossible to persuade them. If you show them a video of racial injustice, they start twisting it in their mind and before the video is over, they have judged the black victim more harshly than the white monster the video shows.

Some are mostly decent caring folk apart for harboring an entire section of their brain that is ready to twist the truth they see in front of them and in the end help create even more injustice. Others are worse. They delight in their hatred. Twice a week I drive by a ranch that at one time had a chair hanging from a noose tied to the arch over their fancy iron entryway to the ranch. The noose is gone, but just like the Trumpist flags that are finally coming down, a stain was left behind and as I drive by, I think, those people.

Those people are white, just like me, but just as they think they are different and look down on others, I cannot help but think I am different and look down on them. I grew up with them. Some of them were friends. I can think of a few that if the scales fell from their eyes, they would probably cry themselves to death.

[abqtommy]

21. +100 Well said. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Yup. People have to be "other"-ized before being discriminated against, pre-judged and maltreated.nt

[Maine Abu El Banat]

24. .

[PatrickforB]

34. This group of white people are also the first to say, "I'm not racist..."

but...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Banking while Black is apparently a crime in some parts of AmeriQQQa

They demand people work hard and then shit on them when they show the fruits of their labour.

Racists will try to damn you if you do and damn you if you don't. Because racism.

[Native]

32. It just never stops!

[PatrickforB]

33. I sense...a MAJOR lawsuit in US Bank's near future...

[ecstatic]

35. What's up with Minnesota?

The institutional racism is worse than in the South, it seems.

[DFW]

38. Not just Minnesota

I'm from the south, have lived in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Believe me, it doesn't stop at the Mason-Dixon line. In college, my two roomies were from the high school we all graduated from. One was from Virginia, and the other was from Massachusetts. I never heard one of them say he was treated better than the other in his home state.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

44. There's racism everywhere, but people like to pretend some places are better than others.

"Down South, white folks don't care how close I get as long as I don't get too big. Up North, white folks don't care how big I get as long as I don't get too close." — Dick Gregory

[dlk]

40. The bank manager was probably angry because the customer made more money

I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what raised their ire.