You couldn't make this shit up.

Don't get me wrong, I am not surprised by this kind of thing, but the specific circumstances of this particular act of racist bullshit are especially ....um... poignant.

if they actually thought it might be fraudulent, just let him deposit it and put a probably standard 10-day hold a non-standard, non-payroll check, and investigate at a relatively leisurely pace, verifying with the other bank.

of course, i understand the "logic" behind calling the police if it's really all about bigotry rather than any possible check fraud.


well, if nothing else this does tell us that the first settlement was not for a trivial amount....

was....What the Fuck! I mean seriously....What the goddamn Fuck!!!

This is absolutely despicable. Poor man.

known have the capacity to be pure jerks about almost anything they decide raises "suspicion". I had a bank like that. I deposited a check I had received before leaving town on business. After several days I wrote checks for bills. I got a nasty phone call several days later from one of them saying my check had bounced. I told them it was impossible because over 3 weeks prior I had deposited more than enough to cover all of the bills I paid. I called my bank and sure enough they had "rejected" my deposit of the check because the person who had made it out to me had just used my first and last name and not my middle initial which was on the account. When I asked how come I was not notified of this they said they do not call customers but rather just mail them the deposit back. I had been having my mail checked but no such letter from the bank had been received. I asked why they didn't send it certified so that they would know that someone received it. The answer of course was "We just don't do that." After another week the letter finally showed up and had been bouncing around the postal system because the bank had neglected to address the envelope properly. God bless the Post Office people for being persistent in trying to deliver this letter rather than just give up on it. I had the same thing happen when I got voter purged because I didn't "respond" to their postcard mailing. I never received it and they do not send these certified either. So you just get the surprise and hassle when you show up to vote. I firmly believe that it should be a federal law that any mailing directed to a specific person that could have a negative consequence to their accounts, taxes or rights as a citizen must be sent by certified mail. Come to think of it just that additional cost alone times the millions of voters they pull this crap on would have a few states deciding that maybe they don't need to blow millions of dollars a couple of times a year harassing folks about whether they have moved or not. The nice people at the polls on election day are usually more than able to check you in and steer you to a different polling location if you have moved.