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Bank calls cops on black man trying to cash check from discrimination lawsuit
[NYPost] A Detroit man is suing a Michigan bank for refusing to cash a settlement check awarded to him in a racial discrimination lawsuit, according to a report.Sauntore Thomas, 44, claims TCF Bank employees refused to cash or deposit his settlement check on Tuesday at a branch in Livonia, leading cops to respond and a fraud investigation to be launched, the Detroit Free Press reports. "I didn't deserve treatment like that when I knew that the check was not fraudulent," Thomas told the newspaper. "I’m a United States veteran. I have an honorable discharge from the Air Force. They discriminated against me because I'm black. None of this would have happened if I were white." Thomas, who had an account at the bank for nearly two years, sued TCF Bank on Wednesday, alleging racial discrimination by the bank for calling police, prompting four cops to respond to the branch, the newspaper reports. The vet even called his employment law attorney while at the bank for help explaining to bank employees that the check was authentic. "I got on the phone with the bank," attorney Deborah Gordon told the newspaper. "I sent them my federal court complaint, to see that it matched. I did everything." Posted by: Woodrow 2020-01-24 |
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