kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbeAf6-Iq6eulJ8.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

Actually being angry when accused falsely is the most common reaction.

"Dont get angry, or it will make you look guilty." Most people get angry because they are NOT guilty.

How to turn a $900 dollar payday check into a $900,000 dollar payday.

The bank manager should be charged with obstruction of justice for lying about calling the employer.

I hope that bank manager was fired. Unbelievable.

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

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

“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.

That manager did not treat him like a customer at all saying "watch and make sure he doesn't steal anything." Unbelievable.

LAWSUIT, MAN DESERVES BIG PAYOUT.

We investigated ourselves and found we acted appropriately and awarded ourselves a huge bonus!

“Blurred out because he did not want to be seen” Proceeds to give full name and exact place of work 🤣😂 savage

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.

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.

Remember, anger is the most common feeling for someone who has been falsely accused.

The cop should serve serious jail time for falsifying a police report.

This is why I “Bank Black” I opened accounts in black owned banks

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

cops keep proving to us that cameras attached to their uniforms are 100% necessary

"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.

"This is Minnesota, this is not who we are." Sir this is America, it happens everywhere

Misinterpreting agitation as guilt is wild.

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.

That was the most calm “anger” I’ve ever seen. Joe: sitting still, almost whispering. Officer: calm down joe.

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!🤦🏼‍♀️😡😢

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 black gentleman was the only innocent man there, in a room full of criminals and false accusers.

"You're acting guilty" "Im not doing anything wrong" "Yea but its like you're guilty" 😂😂😂 I swear, can't win for shyt

The natural response is to get angry.

Don't say anything stupid or your gonna get arrested for it. Fire that man immediately.

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.

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?

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.

“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.

he NEEDS to be compensated for this,this is absolutely horrible to happen to a hard-working citizen

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.

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.

the manager should have been fired for causing a big problem BEFORE confirming the check.

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.

I’m white and know this was absolutely outrageous. The cop even acted like the guy was acting guilty. That is absurd.

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 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.

Absolutely disgusting that the cop lectured the arrested man for being frustrated rather than lecturing the bank manager for wasting so much police time

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

"Getting upset makes you look guilty"? An innocent person wouldn't get upset about being treated like that??

Bro being calm and being told to calm down gives me "Anger Management" plane scene vibes

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.

This is unacceptable. Outrageous. Sue them and have that manager fired. The police department needs to be accountable too.

"Keep working hard"... The most guiltiest schitt ever said by a Cop

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.

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.

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!!

The police officer at 6 minutes in is literally treating the victim like the criminal even after it was proven no crime had been committed. So much for reforming the attitude of the police.

"We conducted our own investigation and found no wrongdoing." - the bank and police dept.

That cop is so manipulative. Instead of acknowledging they were all wrong and then placed the blame on the victim. Outrageous

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!!

I would have been way more angry then he was. The cop and the bank manager should be fired.

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.

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. 🤦🏻‍♂️

"Don't say anything stupid or you're just gonna get arrested for it." I'd love to know what law that is.

There’s no such thing as “Acting guilty” when “we’re innocent until proven guilty”.

Reminds me of the time an African American female teller at a check cashing place accused me of having a fake ID. I’m Hispanic and it amazed me how racist she acted. I had her call the police cause I got mad and they came and ran my ID and let her know it was legit. She would not talk to me or service me even after that smh racism comes in many ways and from many people, I complained but I doubt they did anything about it. Never went back after. Glad this young man got a settlement and hope he never has to go through this again

How can the police department watch this and believe the officer's conduct was ok? Almost unbelievable.

It’s sad that as a KZfaq 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 made me start crying I’m so upset and I know how he felt

I hope this young man files a lawsuit. He will be awarded millions.

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.

Did you know that there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar? I'm guessing this bank didn't know that.

This is sickening. They should fire the idiot bank manager; he is a liability.

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.

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.

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”

This cop said, "Don't say anything that could get you arrested." What the heck? I was so pissed. This stuff has got to change. We have to keep on their necks about this type of disrespect and racial profiling.

The unfortunate reality is that this happens all the time even if your applying for a job.

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!!!

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.

This guy did absolutely nothing wrong. I’ve seen people go off on retail people and banks regarding their money, and the retailers did nothing but apologize to them. Black people are not even allowed to defend themselves without being called some word that is associated with being violent. Sick of it. Unless we remain completely calm when wrongly confronted, we are considered to be out of control. This video proves it. But if we remain too calm, then the criticism is “they are too calm to be innocent as anyone wrongly accused would be mad”. Damned if we do, damned if we don’t”. The problem.. racism. Stereotyping, etc. There is no other reason for the disparaging remarks no matter what Black people do.

When you’re arrested and paraded around like a criminal when in fact you’re an innocent hard working honest man. You gonna tell them to remain calm?

I like how this cop thinks he can arrest someone for “saying something stupid”, in other words saying something he doesn’t like.

The bank manager LIED he claimed to have verified the check was fraudulent yet it was later proved that the manager only called after the incident was over and was informed that the check was genuine. This manager belongs in jail. That's fraud. And they provided false info. They didn't even. Try to confirm. Everyone needs to held accountable. This is insane.

Thank you for showing the truth of things hopefully things will start changing

Blurred out the bank manager, tells us his full name 😂

"Wait to be validated" is the exact same statement as "guilty until proven innocent", that cop needs to go to court.

Imagine calling the police instead of THE SUPERMARKET WHO CAN ACTUALLY VERIFY WHAT IS GOING ON!

That guy was way more chill about everything than I would have been. I would have cleaned out my account before I left that day.

This is so sad and I’m smart enough to know this will never change

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.

"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.

900 dollars check turned into undisclosed settlement, Amen

I know how you feel Brother I’m white but I’m in Atlanta homeless and I know exactly how Black people feel now people in the south in different areas treat Black people terribly and homeless people like myself terribly. I know exactly how people feel now. Jesus Lives!!! I’m with you Brother, God is with you, Jesus is with you.

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.

This is absolutely disgusting. I closed my account there today due to this. I refuse to bank with any and all racist banks. Edit: I closed it the day I saw this video. The bank was really agitated at me and the other 6-7 people in there doing the same thing. Let me be clear that I was NOT the first person to do this, many others have too.

The fact that the police officer not only accused him of "acting like this" when he had been calm throughout, despite outrageous provocation, then told him he had to be calm and wait for HIM to be "validated", is indicative of the innate racist culture that exists in the US and in it's police force! The bank manager should have "validated" the check (not the customer) BEFORE calling the police, even if he was right that the logo on the check was "suspicious"! To wait until the man was in cuffs, for no good reason at all, before doing so is absolutely outrageous! I hope the bank manager, the police officer and everyone concerned have severe consequences for this outrageous profiling and bullying of a hard working citizen, based on his skin colour.

US Bank and its employees have a lot to answer for in this case! Thought we were all over this outrageous BS, but iy seems we are not! US Bank should reimburse its customer in many ways: apology and a money reimbursement.

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.

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.

Respect to the young man! He had all the right to be mad. God love you!

I'm waiting for them to racially profile me like this, and I'm pressing charges that same day.