Black man who went to a U.S. Bank branch in Minnesota last year to cash his paycheck ended up being detained and handcuffed by police after he was accused of presenting a fake check. It was later established the check Joe Morrow presented was real.
According to KSTP, Morrow had gone to the bank to cash his $900 paycheck after completing his shift at a grocery distributor. But what he thought was going to be a routine transaction after presenting the check and his ID to the teller rather turned out to be the opposite.
“They were all looking at me and just staring at me. And then looking at the check and then staring at me again and I’m already knowing what they’re thinking – that the check (is) fake,” Morrow, who also had an account with the bank at the time, said.
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