Black Panther director Ryan Coolger was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police in January following a bizarre incident at Bank of America. The famed filmmaker walked into a local branch wearing sunglasses and a mask per the county’s COVID-19 mandate looking to withdraw a large amount of cash.
But rather than put his financial business on blast, he slid the bank teller a note that read, “I would like to withdraw $12,000 cash from my checking account. Please do the money count somewhere else. I’d like to be discreet.”
The teller, described as a Black pregnant woman, thought she was being robbed, so she alerted police to an armed robbery in progress. Once officers arrived on the scene, they detained two people waiting outside for Coogler in an SUV and brought Coogler out in handcuffs. After realizing it was a huge misunderstanding, Coogler and his friends were released. Still, their vindication did little to sway Charlamagne Tha God from naming Bank of America on Ferry Road “Donkey Of The Day.”
Charlamagne proudly gave the bank the distinct honor on Thursday (March 10) and explained why he was so disgusted.
“At the end of the day, he’s just a man, a Black man who had a checking account at Bank of America, who had all his proper ID’s. Was breaking no laws. So what he had a mask on? A mask and glasses. The CDC says you don’t need a mask indoors; he still had one on ’cause why not? Everyone says mask mandates indoors is up to our discretion … Ryan had enough street smarts to know the wolves are out.”
He continued his case by condemning the teller for not checking his account first before calling the police.
Charlamagne Tha God was particularly bothered by the police body cam footage. In a clip making the rounds, police officers approach Coogler while he was still at the bank teller counter on January 7. When one of the cops pulls a gun before detaining Coogler, the 35-year-old can be heard saying, “Whoa, whoa, what’s going on?”
Coogler immediately cooperates, telling the officers, “Hands behind my back — you got it.” He asks, “Is there any reason y’all are doing this, bro?” but is not given an immediate response.
“If you just run my name, you’ll understand why you should take me off of these cuffs,” Coogler says. “You could not do it, but it’s going to be really bad for you. “I’m really trying to keep it from being a bad day on your job, bro. Black man to Black man.”
Coogler then asks for someone to remove his sunglasses because he felt like he was having a “panic attack.” When officers finally tell him he was arrested because of the note, Coogler explains he has a medical assistant who prefers to be paid in cash, and since he has to withdraw a large sum of money to pay them, he doesn’t “feel safe” asking for it publicly.
Once it became clear the entire thing was a grave mistake, Coolger tells one of the officers, “I need to find out who made that call in there,” to which the officer replied, “It came from the bank.”
“We deeply regret that this incident occurred,” a Bank of America spokesperson said in a statement. “It never should have happened and we have apologized to Mr. Coogler.” Coogler added, “This situation should never have happened. However, Bank of America worked with me and addressed it to my satisfaction, and we have moved on.”
Coogler has been in Atlanta shooting a Black Panther sequel titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which is expected to arrive in November.
So if a white woman (Karen) spazzing out, she would’ve been donkey of the day. But since it’s a black woman that did it, it is the bank. lol. I love my black women, but we need to start holding them accountable for being allies to white supremacy. I also noticed black women quiet af about this. They are wrong about Ryan Coogler, they believed Juicy Smollet dumbass, and condemned Chris Brown for something he didn’t do. …stop listening to these racist democrats and think for yourselves.
We are too strong and brave to listen to reason!
You sound dumb. You can’t go in a bank and hand them a note like that.. That’s robbery 101. Every bank in the world would call the police. Grow up and stop being a child.
You big dummy you should have read the article on why he handed her a note you ignoramus. I know you made because he was trying to get 12k out of his bank account and your broke butt don’t have two nickles to rub together broke a** hater
The teller should have been fired & her boss too!!!
Soooooo the black woman who called the police gets….
A divester wig. Lol
bro you handed a bank teller a written note, are you dumb stupid or dumb?
Only person that is dumb is you whitey take your racist a** on somewhere and stay off black people websites
This dude is turning it into a race thing when the cops were called by a black woman. The man handed the teller a note asking for a lot of money, typical bank robber stuff. I’m over Charlamagne and his race baiting. “You used to be cool, maaaan” is all I can think when his name comes up.
12 grand THAT MUCH of money? Get out of here.
The black gal hurriedly said “she felt threatened”. Threatened exactly how? Obviously she was stupid, made a huge mistake, and failed to personally apologize for it.
Are you serious?? Who the hell passes a bank teller a note? A BANK ROBBER! Duh. He should have proceeded with a regular withdrawal and verbally said he would like it to be discreet. Not pass a note. She panicked as anyone would from her point of view. Hindsight is 20/20 so looking back they both probably would have handled it differently.
Did you not read the article on why he did you racist thot? Take your attention seeking racist butt somewhere else thinking because you sucked some bbc you got the right to be in black people business
It is a race thing do you think that hair hat hoodrat would have called the police on your pasty white a**?