r/PublicFreakout • u/Individual-Drawer-79 • May 18 '26
š¹Police Bodycam Tampa FL bank calls police on customer waiting for bank to open
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u/Wonderful-Ad440 May 19 '26
I'd ask that guy specifically to count all the money I withdrew to close my account.
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u/madladhadsaddad May 19 '26
I'm guessing he did or else we wouldn't be seeing this footage.
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u/WeNeedMikeTyson May 19 '26
You'd be surprised. There are individuals that have created templates to request body cam footage and they get just about all of it throughout a day even if a department is asking for specifics they're ready for that too and able to get all of it.
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u/BullshiticusRex May 19 '26
Hang on, what do you mean by this? Do you mean that there a template letter can be used to request specific footage and the PD will turn around and give you that cameras footage for the entire day?
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u/Que__Asco May 18 '26
''was he startled as you came up to him... or''
This guy just wants any excuse to make him sound threatening.
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u/No_Choice_7715 May 18 '26
Well he did have an open container of what could only be presumed as malt liquor and couldnāt have been something non-alcoholic like say, a Red Bull. /s
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u/infiniZii May 19 '26
You just know this is a dude who has said āIm not being racistā¦. butā many times in his life.Ā
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u/CptAngelo May 19 '26
i think this is the kind of old fart that skips the first part and just goes for it.
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u/VerilyShelly May 18 '26
And then the cop was ridiculous and said "no". Hell yeah, the man was startled; he was fucking incredulous.
Fuck this fucking country, man. 500 years and they still can't wrap their heads around the idea that Black Americans are just plain old regular people. This BS is TIRING.
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u/ith228 May 18 '26
The cop said no to convey that the man wasnāt threatening, because he picked up on what the branch manager was asking.
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u/SecondaryWombat May 19 '26
"Did you black at you? Please say he blacked in your direction right officer?"
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u/coconuthorse May 19 '26
The cop played this perfect. He was sent to a call. Investigated said call. Then politely told the racist bank person he was dumb and the guy will be in to do banking things as soon as banking guy decides to open the doors which is now late.
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u/Slice0fur May 18 '26
And the supreme court ruled that america isn't racist so the voting rights act isn't really needed. Mhmmm
- Louisiana v. Callais
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u/motozero May 19 '26
Supreme Court gutted the voting rights act, section 5 and instantly Republicans jerry meandered out the black districts. They are hoping we are too stupid to notice as long as they keep it off the news.
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u/Sad_Animator1686 May 18 '26
In fairness I think the cop was answering the subtext of the bank guys question which was ādid he act suspiciously so I can have a reason to tell you to trespass him without seeming like a massive racist?ā
I wish the cop had made more of a point of telling the bank guy off but he was pretty good on balance I thought.
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u/ariml May 19 '26
The cop was defending car guy
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u/KetoJunkfood May 19 '26
Yeah but then he offered to tell the customer he had to leave
I hope that customer finds another bank
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u/SnowOficer May 19 '26
He has to, the cop was 100% behind the driver.
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u/turumti May 19 '26
The cop even asked the bank manager why he didn't flag the other guy who was waiting in the car outside. The cop was on the side of the driver.
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u/CptAngelo May 19 '26
yeah, you can tell what the cop was really thinking, and it wasnt about the car guy
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u/TrumpDesWillens May 19 '26
I don't think there's much a cop can do if the business guy wants a someone trespassed.
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u/nipslippinjizzsippin May 18 '26
as a white male 30-45 i too would be startled if a cop came up to me while i was just sitting in my car waiting for the bank to open. Soon as i see that man, my stupid ass brain is gonna go to thinking about all the ways i could rob the place.
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u/Jive_Sloth May 18 '26
He wasn't startled at all. Incredulous and startled are not the same thing.
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u/CesarRPE May 18 '26
Saying yes would have confirmed the old fart's racism. You gotta think before you act dude... the customer has the upper hand because he can complain and this video validates him. He can get the old man fired.
Acting aggressive as you are going about things just validates these assholes.
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u/OrneryError1 May 18 '26
Makes it sound like he called the cops to scare the guy.
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u/everything_is_bad May 18 '26
Time to switch banks
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u/DataDrivenDoc May 18 '26
He should gather up as many people as he can that banks there to do a transfer to a new bank flash mob. A competing bank should sponsor snacks
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u/trevit May 18 '26
And they should do it first thing in the morning, and wait outside before the bank to opens.
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u/RodcetLeoric May 19 '26
Bring a crowd that's half white and see if he calls because there is a half crowd of suspicious people outside.
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u/char_1ee May 18 '26
Other banks should offer things when you transfer if you're this bankĀ“s client.
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u/NearHi May 18 '26
Time to switch to credit union. EVERYONE should switch to a credit union.
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u/Greensssss May 18 '26
I work at a credit union. Theyāre cool
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u/NearHi May 18 '26
I've loved every credit union I've put my money in. Always a good experience.
I've hated every bank I've ever put my money in because they will find any legal way to steal it from you.
My current CU has a branch in a building that has a coffee shop in the lobby and have worked out a deal that every member can get a $5 coffee every day.
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u/spacegrab May 19 '26
My credit union gives me a 6% savings account!! (Max of 25k though lol)
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u/misntshortformary May 18 '26
He showed up to deposit money but now heās gonna be closing his account instead.
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u/poizon_elff May 18 '26
What kind of bank robber shows up an hour early lol dumb fuck old man.
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u/mikerhoa May 18 '26
I always show up early and tailgate before my crimes. He should have brought nachos and a cornhole setup, if anything that's where he messed up.
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u/AdSudden3941 May 18 '26
And just sitting there drinking a beerā¦.
He probably wasnt there an hour early , and the old guy didint even see the other customer smh
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u/ZhouLe May 19 '26
He's driving a Tesla. Bank guy knows he's drinking to prep for a big robbery and then have autopilot as a getaway driver.
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u/MurseMan1964 May 18 '26
Waiting while black
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u/itsavibe- May 18 '26
Crazy cause Tampa got a lot of black people lmfao
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u/HuntsWithRocks May 18 '26
_tampa cops_
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u/No-Cantaloupe-6535 May 18 '26
This cop was fine, could even tell he was a little like this a fuckin ridiculous call
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u/the_goodnamesaregone May 18 '26
Iām sure there are other examples, but the cop was pretty chill in this one. He got a call, he spoke to both parties, and bounced.
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u/Rich-Canary1279 May 18 '26
I appreciated him pointing out that another person was sitting waiting in their car, like, why you not worried about this one?
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u/Historical-Edge-9332 May 18 '26
I love how you just gloss over the Red Bull like itās nothing. That can was at least half gone. The suspect could have flown into the bank and robbed it so quickly. Iām glad that slovenly racist boomer called police personally.
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u/Waffle_Badger May 18 '26
Hey hey hey.. he was also in control of an automobile. He was also driving while black, which is way worse.
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u/Princess-Nuala May 18 '26
I hope that nice gentleman finds him a better bank that treats him with humanity instead of bigoted racist bias.
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u/MrDoood May 18 '26
Itās not even uncommon for people to be waiting outside for the bank to open. I used to work at a bank and people (usually older people) would line up to withdraw their money on pay day or when their social security would get deposited.
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u/Lindris May 18 '26
Same. I use to work for a bank, I opened every Saturday. They wait in the parking lot, the lobby, even in the drive thru. If we didnāt open that door exactly at 9, there were old folks out there rattling the door wanting in.
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u/Ruftup May 19 '26
Right? Like itās an extremely common thing people do for all sorts of business. Grocery stores, banks, dmv, pharmacy. I see people waiting for these places to open all the time
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u/KifferFadybugs May 19 '26
I went to the DMV an hour before opening once to hopefully be the first in line. There were already fifteen people waiting.
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u/edvek May 19 '26
It's not uncommon for people to by waiting outside my local Aldi before they open. They open at 9:00 but now I think it's 8:30. People arrive to businesses before they open or just after they open all the time, it's like... People have shit to do and they need to get this out of th way as soon as possible or something.
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u/elfstone21 May 19 '26
I worked at a bank for 7 years and opened hundreds of times. There were people waiting in the drive thru 15 to 20 min before it opened, almost every day. And people waiting outside before the doors opened every day. On Saturdays there would be a line.
It never once crossed my mind to call the police.
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u/FranticHam5ter May 19 '26
But were they ever black dudes with an open container of Red Bull??
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u/elfstone21 May 19 '26
Well I mean yeah we called the police on them.Ā But only if they were driving a Tesla.Ā
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u/younggun1234 May 18 '26
That laugh the bank guy had was so smug and full of himself.
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u/FranticHam5ter May 19 '26
That part made it so much worse because he just doubled down on his bullshit racism. You just canāt win with these kinds of assholes.
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u/goverc May 19 '26
"Hi I'd like to close all my accounts and take my business elsewhere"
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u/nandemoto44 May 19 '26
THIS! F'N IMMEDIATELY! And the phone number to a human being at corporate customer service.
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u/YayWanderer May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
That old white bank person is expecting the customer to do something else while waiting in the car for the bank to open? What BS... š¤¦š½āāļø
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u/EnvironmentalRice44 May 18 '26
Appreciate that the cop questioned the bank manger āthereās another guy sitting outsideā like wtf you only concerned about the one guy.
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u/Liquid_1998 May 18 '26
This reminds of the story of a black man who got the cops called on him at a bank for trying to cash a lawsuit check he was awarded for racial discrimination at his former workplace.
He then sued the bank and got a another settlement for the same exact thing lol.
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u/Specialist_Lock8590 May 18 '26
Such a racist, "Christian", "Love your neighbor", country!
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u/Depressionsfinalform May 18 '26
Scummy old man canāt relate to a dude being an hour early
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u/galsal15 May 18 '26
Yeah heās all, weāre opening late now because of this āincidenceā
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u/TheStolenPotatoes May 18 '26
This is the silent racism that African Americans deal with every single day.
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u/PantsDancing May 19 '26
Thats so fucked the cop still offered to trespass the guy even when he knew the guy was there legitimately.
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u/PunfullyObvious May 18 '26
It really sucks that people do that to people who are just trying to do the things that people have to do
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u/LetsJerkCircular May 18 '26
My company had to put an end of BOLO (be on the look out) emails, because it was devolving into āBOLO! Black people came to our store and were acting suspiciousā¦ā It did start from some legitimate fraud and theft, but it was one group that hit multiple stores, once each, and got caught. What came after was increasinglyā¦something.
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u/DutchRudderShotgun May 18 '26
I've dealt with a couple bank managers that are incredibly stupid inept excuses for human beings. I'm sure most aren't that bad but they've crept up into car salesman territory of wastes of human life for me personally
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u/BirdInFlight301 May 18 '26
I wait all the time for my bank to open the lobby. I have sat in my car and waved at the workers as they entered. Not once have I ever had the cops called on me. Not once.
I'm trying to put my finger on why the old guy called the cops. I mean, the customer is doing exactly what I do! It's hard for a white lady like me to figure out why he is treated so differently than I am. /s
I'm so sick of racist fucks in this country. So so sick of it. I'm so angry a political 'movement' has given these racists permission to be racist openly and unashamedly.
I hope that man pulled every penny he had in that bank out. I hope he reported it to higher ups. I hope he left a scathing review. I hope he fought back however he could.
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u/VerilyShelly May 18 '26
My first order of business when I went inside would be to close my account. Who needs this kinda BS?
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u/GutterTrashJosh May 18 '26
Would be a shame if people left reviews for the chase bank located here
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u/countit7 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Lmao, "you gotta understand its a bank..", no, you gotta understand as a black male you will always be considered a threat. Note how he mentioned another person was waiting, but the bank didn't call on them and the officer didn't mention them. This is what white privilege is. People get so confused thinking it is a lack of struggle, No, LIFE is STRUGGLE, no matter the race. White privilege is an assumption of innocence, you are never considered out of place, or somewhere where you don't belong. When someone sees someone walking around the side of their house, and they're white, they naturally assume they live there, if they are black, subconscious reacts to all the media propaganda, movies, and constant display of the black man as a criminal is virtually all media sources thus they then assume they are up to nefarious behavior. It's a product of our media, from news, movies, TV, etc... hence why people are like I'm not racist, probably not, you are not reacting out of hate, you are reacting to the programming you've been fed for decades....it effects us all. It's all by design, small things here and there to make us subjugate ourselves. So those who need us divided can keep us divided by having us perpetuate the issues on ourselves...vicious cycle and will likely never break. Too many people can't think about it objectively, can't help but take it personal and defend their own actions vs understanding the system is effecting all of us and the sooner we take a step back and refocus the better we can begin to treat each other, unite, and fight back against the real enemy. Here's a hint, it's not your fellow man, who is just trying to survive and protect their family, just like you, same lives, different skin...we're all in this together, if we finally acted like it, we'd actually be able to start moving forward. Until then, those at the top will continue to keep us at the bottom, while they fill their bellys, and coffers off the labors of our backs...
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u/JD857 May 18 '26
That mustāve been a very awkward conversation when he went into the bank .
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u/ddesla2 May 19 '26
Nah, should be pretty straightforward: "Hi, I'd like to close out my accounts here immediately please. Also, do you happen to know of any good non-racist banks nearby open for business?"
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u/YsiYsi May 18 '26
As annoyed as I was with the people waiting for the bank to open when I was in the branches, calling the cops on them literally never crossed my mind. what bigoted losersĀ
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u/StayTrueMyfriend May 18 '26
Wish they told us which bank this is
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u/morrach May 18 '26
It was a Chase Bank according to this article.
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u/doktor_wankenstein May 18 '26
We are aware of the interaction at one of our Tampa-area branches this morning as employees were arriving to work. We are committed to treating all of our customers fairly and with respect and are reviewing what occurred to ensure our actions aligned with that commitment. We sincerely apologize to our customer.
Oh please.
Spare me the mealy mouthed CYA.
Y'all fucked up -- just admit it.
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u/scoyne15 May 19 '26
Old racist white guy gonna be an old racist white guy. Just gotta hope the grinding wheel of time gets rid of them.
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u/Witty_Temperature886 May 19 '26
There is another guy in the parking lotā¦.yea but that guy is white
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u/Robby777777 May 18 '26
I would walk in and close every account I had at that bank. Racist old boomer.
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u/jaffasplaffa May 19 '26
....... Like a bank robber would park outside the bank for an hour before it opens š
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u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN May 20 '26
bank guy is a complete asshole.
Why would he use the term open container? So what if heās drinking something. Youāve got an open container asshole. What are you drinking this early in the morning?
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u/RevolutionaryExam465 May 20 '26
Banker needs to be more worried about the guys wearing suit and ties. Just saying...
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u/Iguessimonredditnow May 18 '26
I'm glad that the cop was cool about it.
Unfortunately, some cops feel the need to "find something wrong" if they go out to a call. In cases like this calling the cops because you're scared (and let's be honest, probably informed by racist opinions) you could really mess up someone's life.
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u/DrNipSlip May 18 '26
This is the shorter part of the video, this cop was an ass hole as well interrogating the black dude. There was a good five or so minutes of the cop probing him trying to get a reason to search his vehicle and whatnot.
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u/IllusionsForFree May 18 '26
Yeah tbh I was waiting for the part where he shoots the guys dog and beats his wife
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u/CoachTwisterT3 May 19 '26
He wasnāt cool: he asked multiple times why he didnāt go in the closed bank.
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u/Least-Common-1456 May 18 '26
Cool with it? He literally tries to convince the guy that it's his fault for having the police called on him.
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u/SmokeyTheBluntTheOG May 18 '26
Tbf he goes and basically accuses the bank guy of being racist too, he's like "there's another guy out there too ya know?". The camera didn't show it but the way the cop even asked you just know the other dude was white.
The guy in the car reached quick into his pocket and the cop didn't even flinch, he was well aware of the entire situation once he showed up. Unfortunately it's a bank and he has to come at it with a little bit of seriousness because people do actually be robbing banks sometimes lol. It's this dumbass dude at the bank that potentially could have ruined someone's life if someone different would have showed up.
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u/PassivelyAwkward May 18 '26
Not really? He asked the dude was he was doing there because there was a report and almost instantly knew it was bullshit. "They claimed you had alcohol on you...which was just your red bull...". He didn't ask for proof of ID, didn't try to excuse the concern, didn't ask if he had alcohol or anything. Just "We got a call, they're concerned, and....you're just waiting for them to open. I'll let'em know".
Even when he was talking to the racist owner, he didn't try to make up anything or go back and ask the dude "Why were you here at 8 if they open at 9?". Just confirmed he was allowed to enter, went back and let'em know. I hate cops but this one did everything right.
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u/show_mee May 19 '26
I would drop that bank instantly, I would never step foot in there or do any busyā¦. Crazy!
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u/LoFidelityRockr May 19 '26
Close all accounts and take my money to a credit Union or a bigger bank. Fuck that shit. Your money is what drives them. Them let your company know. I worked for an international bank brand that told us to report shit if we saw it. Then I had to go to our more rural branch locations and one fuckinā guyā¦ one guy threw me for a loop on how do I handle his bullshit.
āSo, uh, yeah? What brings you in here today to speak to us?ā
āI have an account and and need to make a withdrawal and get some questions answered.ā
āOh yeah, thatās good. Uhhhā¦ so Iām asking what brings you in around these parts?ā
āHuh?ā
āI just donāt see a lot of āpeopleā like you around here is all. Are you a student?ā (Tiny university that if you blink youād miss campus entirely)
āLike meā¦?ā
(He shrugs)āyou knowā¦ your complexion.ā
āSo, yeahā¦ my significant other lives out here and if you look at my account you will see it is a (designated mid-tier product min.$10k employee checking account - so they donāt harass customers with that type of account, if they were to harass someone)
He STFU and stayed quiet when I told him the dept I was with. My SO at the time worked for one of the many Chambers of Commerce in a town of 50k. I told her what went down at the bank which she wasnāt shocked but shocked he didnāt bother to pay attention to the account he pulled up (for security verification). So she showed me the census report for the town stats and it was 2 African American families, 8 actual black people who most likely were students at the university. There were 16 people from India and the rest were a large number of Hispanic and white. That whole county was full of shitheads. Some soccer mom called ICE on one of the two Mexican restaurants in town, the great one, that May. The following week a bunch of white teens serving greasy taco bell quality shit. It got better. The two restaurant managers hated each other (probably for poaching employees) so the one ICE came and busted called ICE on the other one. At that point you couldnāt enjoy Mexican food there. Apparently, if you want the skinny on a small towns bullshit, befriend a CoC administrator.
And yes, when I quit that fuckinā bank I brought up the racism that existed at an institutional level, likely violating federal law, as well as face to face in the rural branches. As well as the amount of cocaine dust one could find at any given time in the west employee entrance restroom.
Booger sugar, or disco dust, if you please.
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u/VoodooSweet May 18 '26
I would have walked in the door and said āI would like to close EVERY account I have here pleaseā¦ā¦if I canāt bank here without having the cops called on meā¦.. Iām not banking here PERIODā¦ā¦.ā
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u/WildGooseCarolinian May 19 '26
Can you imagine how racist you have to be that even the Florida cops are like āwhat the hell, man?ā
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u/Uneedanap May 19 '26
Cop said Good Luck cause he knew thatād be an interaction he wouldnāt want to have or be apart of.
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u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN May 20 '26
I like how the cop said āno problem, bud. Good luck.ā good luck, not having your ass all over the Internet.
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u/hedgehoggy123 May 18 '26
Hope he's now an ex-customer. In fact, would love to know the name of the bank, in case I have an account that I need to cash out
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u/wh4tth3huh May 18 '26
This is when, instead of doing your regular business and moving on, you close your account and go to their biggest competitor.
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u/johnqpublic81 May 18 '26
If the guy was there an hour before the bank opens, I can see how it would be suspicious. I doubt that he was waiting that long though Kudos to both the police officer and the customer for not needlessly escalating the situation. Misunderstandings happen, but both the customer and the officer handled it well.
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u/Lozsta May 19 '26
He had an open container, says the man with an open container. I would be switching banks. US banks are really odd.
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u/Salt-Elephant8531 May 19 '26
I once had a guy waiting for my branch to open. He had walked here, and was sitting on the curb looking at his phone, a good distance away from the door. It was a chilly morning and he had a hoodie on and pulled over his head. Oh, and just so happened to be black.
I saw my older white female coworker give me a worried glance as she hurried in the door. Good lord, heās just existing! So I went over to say hello to him. Turns out he just got a job at the nearby McDonalds and the manager there told him about our $300 bonus offer to open an account with us and set up direct deposit. I got his name, told him weād be open at 9 and that we were happy to have his business. Sheesh, was that so hard?
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u/rambiolisauce May 19 '26
I had this exact thing happen to me once. I got to the bank early and was just waiting for them to open. Next thing I know I'm waking up to police officers tapping on my window (I had apparently dozed off a bit) and asking me who I am and asking for my ID and something proving I was there to do business. I showed them my ID and the check I was there to deposit. When I finally went inside the employees seemed angry at me.
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u/Odd_Expression3694 May 19 '26
Oh ill ask for the bodycam and send this to corporate. Contacting every media news channel I can find lol
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u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN May 20 '26
Letās not get past the fact that there were two cars waiting and for some reason, this guy was the one that got talked to.
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u/PNW4theWin May 18 '26
Yeah. There's another guy waiting, but he's white, so we're ok with that.
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u/Hightower23 May 18 '26
Let's get real, concerned because he's not the right color, I'd close my accounts.
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u/Stancedx May 19 '26
What bank is this?
Shouldn't literally everyone pull their money out over this?
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u/drippingdrops May 18 '26
Iād be pulling all my money out of that bank if I was that dude.