YAEWBT - Yet another existing while black thread. Modified to all purpose harassment

[HomerJS]

I'm still baffled at people calling 911 over things that are clearly not emergencies.

You mean spotting a black person in public isn't an emergency?

 

[dainthomas]

You mean spotting a black person in public isn't an emergency?

Being made to feel uncomfortable requires summoning deadly force to deal with the issue.

 

[Lanyap]

Puerto Rican woman asks to sit next to white woman at restaurant. Stupidness ensues.

Puerto Rican woman posted a video to Facebook of a racist incident at a Wildflower restaurant in Arizona during which she was told by a white woman at the next table that America should be all white and that “you will be wiped up, trust me.”

https://www.newsweek.com/viral-face...-womans-racist-rant-you-will-be-wiped-1228534

 

[esquared]

'Target Tammy': Customer scolds shoppers for 'talking about sex in public'
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tar...ds-shoppers-talking-sex-public-231336410.html

Apparently three African American females were talking about the movie Boomerang with Eartha Kitt, in public,
while picking up a phone charger.
From Target Tammy:
"“You were talking about sex in public — are you having sex in public? Because that’s what you screamed out loud.”
“That is not what we said,” corrected one woman, as her friend explained that the word “sex” was uttered in reference to the 1992 film Boomerang.
"

Another crazy white woman that just can't seem to shut her mouth.
"As heard in a video, she says, “I understand you’re an abuser. I understand you’re abusive and you make up lies. Keep telling me I’m ignorant … personal attacks … I also didn’t realize that talking about sex was normal.”
The woman also told the friends, “I know you’re trained on lying, you’re trained liars. You’re perfect for the court system.”
"

 

[Lanyap]

White Wisconsin teacher uses N-word in class and justifies it by saying she once had a black nanny and everyone called her the N-word so she should be able to use it.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tea...-n-word-reportedly-black-nanny-005414119.html

 

[FirNaTine]

White Wisconsin teacher uses N-word in class and justifies it by saying she once had a black nanny and everyone called her the N-word so she should be able to use it.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tea...-n-word-reportedly-black-nanny-005414119.html

Wow. How does one get to being a teacher while being this stupid? To think that this is remotely acceptable, openly admitted to history of using it towards a black person in a subordinate role (Nanny), asi if it would somehow make it ok, and finally not realize that it would end up on video from one of your students.... I agree with some of those interviewed for the article that she shouldn't be fired for just the single episode posted here, but she needs a serious re-evaluation of her fitness to be a teacher at all. I can imagine there's been other lapses in judgement before, and likely more to come.

 

[Lanyap]

Police arrest 2 men who 'terrorized' a black Walmart shopper and yelled the N-word

They were arrested. Hopefully they go to jail and have the opportunity to meet some of the large black men.

According to arrest warrants sent to Yahoo Lifestyle from the West Monroe Police Department, the men were charged with felony hate crimes and are being held in Ouachita Correctional Center on individual $20,000 bonds. KNOE reports that such charges can result in $5,000 fines and up to five years in prison.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/pol...-walmart-shopper-yelled-n-word-204011586.html

 

[Viper1j]

Cliff notes version. Black Yale grad student takes a nap on school grounds after studying. White student enters the room, says black student can't sleep here and she will call police. Black student questioned by police and records encounter. Black student forced to "justify her existence" to police before being told she was free to go.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/yale-student-napping-black-trnd/index.html

Modified thread to reflect the normalizing harassment of blacks and people of color in this country

Maybe someone should pay Sarah Braasch's fat ass a visit and give her a taste of her own medicine.

 

[esquared]

#BankingWhileBlack: Bank Calls Cops on Man Because His Paycheck Was Too High
https://www.theroot.com/bankingwhileblack-bank-calls-cops-on-man-because-his-1831181874

https://www.cleveland19.com/2018/12...rofiling-after-bank-refuses-cash-check-calls/

Seriously. The effing bank tellers went into the back and called the cops.
Police had this guy handcuffed in the back of the police car until they
could verify that he worked at the company where the check was from.

WTF?

 

[Commodus]

#BankingWhileBlack: Bank Calls Cops on Man Because His Paycheck Was Too High

https://www.theroot.com/bankingwhileblack-bank-calls-cops-on-man-because-his-1831181874

Seriously. The effing bank tellers went into the back and called the cops.
They had this guy handcuffed in the back of the police car until they
could verify that he worked at the company where the check was from.

Basically the bank equivalent of being pulled over for driving a car that's "too nice."

 

[dainthomas]

Basically the bank equivalent of being pulled over for driving a car that's "too nice."

They thought a thousand dollars was too high for a paycheck? How crappy do people in Cleveland get paid?

 

[Jaskalas]

Something tells me his employer did something squirrely on that check.

 

[esquared]

Something tells me his employer did something squirrely on that check.

Why would you say that?

This whole thread is about white people doing stupid shit to African Americans.
There's nothing is that article or the other links that even remotely suggests what you said.

If there was something "squirrely" with that check, then he would not have been able to cash it the next day.

"When the police arrived, with McCowns handcuffed in the back of the patrol car, cops were able to reach his employer. The employer then verified that the check was for the correct amount, the Brooklyn Police Department confirmed.
“My employer said, ‘Yes, he works for me, he just started and, yes, my payroll company does pay him that much,’” McCowns said.
McCowns said he was able to cash the check the next day at another location. Meanwhile, Huntington Branch has apologized for their error.
"

Don't defend racist asshole's behavior.

 

[Jaskalas]

If there was something "squirrely" with that check, then he would not have been able to cash it the next day.

Really, the way it was hand written couldn't have caused suspicion?

Assuming it was hand written, but given that employer is too simple to do direct deposit, it probably was?
Regardless, it was cashed because its authenticity was verified. Why would they bother to do that? Certainly he's not their only black customer. There was a reason for him to be singled out that day, and I have reason to suspect it's on that check.

 

[esquared]

Really, the way it was hand written couldn't have caused suspicion?

Assuming it was hand written, but given that employer is too simple to do direct deposit, it probably was?
Regardless, it was cashed because its authenticity was verified. Why would they bother to do that? Certainly he's not their only black customer. There was a reason for him to be singled out that day, and I have reason to suspect it's on that check.

What are you Nostradamus?
1) Nowhere did anyone say anything about a handwritten check. Not him, not the bank, not the cops.
If, and this a huge if, that was the case, then this bank would absolutely have said something about a "handwritten check"
that caused suspicion with one of our tellers. That's instead of apologizing for their fuckup.

2)The teller lied about the check, in the call to 911
"“He’s trying to cash a check and the check is fraudulent. It does not match our records,” said the teller to a 911 operator. :
There was nothing wrong with the check, it was not fraudulent.

3) That check was cashed at another branch the next day. Not at the branch that called the cops on his.

I am going with teller was a racist asshole.

 

[Viper1j]

#BankingWhileBlack: Bank Calls Cops on Man Because His Paycheck Was Too High
https://www.theroot.com/bankingwhileblack-bank-calls-cops-on-man-because-his-1831181874

https://www.cleveland19.com/2018/12...rofiling-after-bank-refuses-cash-check-calls/

Seriously. The effing bank tellers went into the back and called the cops.
Police had this guy handcuffed in the back of the police car until they
could verify that he worked at the company where the check was from.

WTF?

I wonder how many more zeros will be on the check from the lawsuit..

 

[Vic]

The bank was within its rights to refuse to cash the check if it couldn't verify the payee's ID or the payor's funds through the ACH, but calling 911 and alleging fraud in this circumstance was not appropriate.

 

[HomerJS]

The bank was within its rights to refuse to cash the check if it couldn't verify the payee's ID or the payor's funds through the ACH, but calling 911 and alleging fraud in this circumstance was not appropriate.

Of course it is if you are black because we are treated equally by the criminal justice system.

 

[Perknose]

#BankingWhileBlack: Bank Calls Cops on Man Because His Paycheck Was Too High
https://www.theroot.com/bankingwhileblack-bank-calls-cops-on-man-because-his-1831181874

https://www.cleveland19.com/2018/12...rofiling-after-bank-refuses-cash-check-calls/

Seriously. The effing bank tellers went into the back and called the cops.
Police had this guy handcuffed in the back of the police car until they
could verify that he worked at the company where the check was from.

WTF?

Came here to post this. I Love this part of the lead sentence in The Root: Blatant negro shenanigans.

 

[Viper1j]

Came here to post this. I Love this part of the lead sentence in The Root: Blatant negro shenanigans.

I only have to deal with issues like that, if I should stop at a branch in a more rural area. I never have to deal with it in the big city.

I loved the look on this one old lady's face, when I presented a check for $900 made out to "cash". She looked at me like I had stolen the damn thing, called over her manager, (she looked like Santa Claus could've been her son, and she hadn't even asked me for my ID, just gave me one of those old lady looks). The manager asked me exactly what was my connection to the company, and was I an authorized signer on the account.

My reply shocked them both, I said: "I would assume so, after all I am the president, and 100% owner of the company."

I will never tire of rubbing a hillbilly's nose in that little fact.

I pity the fool that would dare to ever try to call the cops on me at my bank. I can 1000% guarantee you that, 1. They will be unemployed, and 2. The bank would most likely settle out of court with me in exchange for a hefty deposit into my account.

 

[FirNaTine]

Really, the way it was hand written couldn't have caused suspicion?

Assuming it was hand written, but given that employer is too simple to do direct deposit, it probably was?
Regardless, it was cashed because its authenticity was verified. Why would they bother to do that? Certainly he's not their only black customer. There was a reason for him to be singled out that day, and I have reason to suspect it's on that check.

It's exceedingly common to receive a "live check" for your first pay with a new employer, unless you give banking details leading up to the hire date. His first pay cycle would have most likely also included the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, so even fewer working days to get it setup (the incident was on 12/1 and figuring the standard week or so delay between payroll and and pay date). Not sure on NY laws, but there's a limit on most places on how long they can delay your pay, so if direct deposit isn't ready, they'll cut an actual check to maintain the same pay date. The only places I've seen this avoided were those that asked for bank routing info when you formally accept an offer, and began setting it up during hiring.

I don't really blame the police for detaining them if what's reported as accurate, in that they told police it was already checked and fraudulent, and then seeing him getting in a vehicle and leaving as they arrive. Hopefully that was done as minimally as needed to verify no crime was committed. Simply possessing a fraudulent check is apparently a felony, and if successfully deposited for over $1000 also appears to rise to felony level.

https://www.new-york-lawyers.org/fraud-penalties-in-new-york.html

 

[nakedfrog]

911 is for emergencies. Even if you think someone's trying to pass off a fraudulent check, that is not an emergency.

Really, the way it was hand written couldn't have caused suspicion?

Assuming it was hand written, but given that employer is too simple to do direct deposit, it probably was?
Regardless, it was cashed because its authenticity was verified. Why would they bother to do that? Certainly he's not their only black customer. There was a reason for him to be singled out that day, and I have reason to suspect it's on that check.

Being a new employee, it wouldn't surprise me if the direct deposit hadn't been set up yet.

 

[Perknose]

in that they told police it was already checked and fraudulentl

Except it wasn't fraudulent, and they had not PROVEN that it was!

Please tell me that if you had presented your paycheck to the bank, and as reported, had "presented the tellers with two forms of identification and offered his fingerprint" that you would have considered being put in handcuffs and loaded, in front of everyone, into a police cruiser like a felon, that YOU would have shrugged your shoulders and considered that, to use your words, well, gee, "that was done as minimally as needed."

You seem to wish to be blind to the ugly and unnecessary indignity that happened here. The question is, WHY?

 

[MixMasterTang]

What are you Nostradamus?
1) Nowhere did anyone say anything about a handwritten check. Not him, not the bank, not the cops.
If, and this a huge if, that was the case, then this bank would absolutely have said something about a "handwritten check"
that caused suspicion with one of our tellers. That's instead of apologizing for their fuckup.

2)The teller lied about the check, in the call to 911
"“He’s trying to cash a check and the check is fraudulent. It does not match our records,” said the teller to a 911 operator. :
There was nothing wrong with the check, it was not fraudulent.

3) That check was cashed at another branch the next day. Not at the branch that called the cops on his.

I am going with teller was a racist asshole.

I would also like to add that it was mentioned the check came from a payroll company. If you outsource your payroll to a company they are NOT going to be sending out hand written checks.

 

[Lanyap]

Really, the way it was hand written couldn't have caused suspicion?

Assuming it was hand written, but given that employer is too simple to do direct deposit, it probably was?
Regardless, it was cashed because its authenticity was verified. Why would they bother to do that? Certainly he's not their only black customer. There was a reason for him to be singled out that day, and I have reason to suspect it's on that check.

He was not a bank customer according to the article. My guess is that his employer was a bank customer since the bank teller was "was looking at their screen" and since the guy was a new employee he printed a business check instead of the normal process. It still should not have triggered the response from the bank as long as they were following their normal process of cashing checks for non-customers. They probably would have cashed it with no problem if he was white.