Black Lives Matter. Still

Wanderfound · December 17, 2018, 11:36pm

Wanderfound · December 18, 2018, 8:39pm

A black Ohio man said bank tellers refused to cash a paycheck from his new job, and then called 911 on him, because they were suspicious that he earned so much.

Paul McCowns tried to cash his first paycheck from a job with an electric company Dec. 1 at Huntington Bank in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn, reported WOIO-TV.

The paycheck was for a little more than $1,000, and McCowns and tellers confirmed he showed two forms of identification and a fingerprint, as required for non-Huntington customers.

But McCowns said bank employees started looking at a computer screen and questioning the transaction, and ultimately they refused to cash the check without speaking to his employer.

“They tried to call my employer numerous times,” McCowns said. “He never picked up the phone.”

McCowns left the bank, but employees called 911 on him and a police squad car pulled in front of his truck before he could drive away.

This shit is more common than you might think.

Wanderfound · December 24, 2018, 3:36am

docosc · December 24, 2018, 4:04pm

Because… I don’t know, did his dreads give him superpowers, or just made him “super scary?”

Mindysan33 · December 24, 2018, 6:47pm

That late great grandma is my new hero.

Wanderfound · December 25, 2018, 2:05am

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RickMycroft · December 27, 2018, 1:11pm

Damn! I always thought that was a charming custom, perhaps even a celebration, but no, of course there’s a fucked up racist reason at the heart of it. Gah!

Wanderfound · December 28, 2018, 2:22am

https://twitter.com/muslimiq/status/1078369148940505088?s=21

MalevolentPixy · January 3, 2019, 7:44pm

Read this whole thread:

This is what happens when black people try to succeed.

If you want to help:

Wanderfound · January 5, 2019, 10:40pm

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Wanderfound · January 6, 2019, 10:58pm

docosc · January 7, 2019, 8:36pm

Guess which one?

Wanderfound · January 8, 2019, 3:26am

Buck, a white man in his 60s, was investigated previously by authorities after the death of Gemmel Moore, who died of a methamphetamine overdose in Buck’s home in July 2017. Since Moore’s death was classified as an accidental overdose, numerous young black gay men have alleged that Buck has a fetish for shooting drugs into black men he picks up off the street or on hookup sites. Moore had written about Buck injecting him with dangerous drugs before his death.

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Community activists like Jasmyne Cannick have accused Los Angeles officials of declining to prosecute Buck in 2017 thanks to his contributions to powerful politicians such as Hillary Clinton, California Gov. Jerry Brown, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, and numerous West Hollywood City Council members. Cannick is organizing a vigil and rally for tonight in front of Buck’s home, at 1234 Laurel Ave.

The privileges of wealth and whiteness are not confined to Republicans.

XantheStone · January 8, 2019, 10:51am

What the actual fuck?

Wanderfound · January 8, 2019, 11:13am

Black Twitter has been on this since 2017.

Here’s the Root story from the first death:

XantheStone · January 8, 2019, 12:14pm

All I can say is what the actual fuck again.

Wanderfound · January 8, 2019, 12:34pm

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