Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was mistaken for bank robber and ARRESTED after a passing note to pregnant Bank of America cashier asking them to withdraw $12,000 from his account and count it 'discreetly'.

The Daily Mail ^ | 03/09/2022 | By JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

[know.your.why]

Guess that wasn't the discreet scene that he had in mind.

[SaxxonWoods]

Note passing while black?

[bigbob]

Evidently it wouldn’t have happened has the cashier not been pregnant...?

[Erik Latranyi]

Did he provide an account number?

If he gave the details required to make a withdrawl, then the teller over-reacted.

If he just gave a note for $12,000, then they did the right thing.

[PGR88]

What happened to filling out a withdrawal slip and saying: “I would like to withdraw $12,000 from my account?”

[gitmo]

Why would you think it was NOT a robbery? He's wearing a mask.

[JohnnyP]

I thought anything over $5000 was red flagged.

[PGR88]

It remains unclear why Mr. Coogler needed $12,000 cash."

Its none of your GD business.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“Evidently it wouldn’t have happened has the cashier not been pregnant...?”

I think it implies that pregnant bank tellers are crazy.

[JohnnyP]

I thought anything over $5000 was red flagged.

[wheatmiller]

“It remains unclear why he needed $12,000”

It remains unclear to me why it’s anyone’s business why I withdraw cash from my account...

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Asking *them*? Pregnant woman and her unborn child?

[Sans-Culotte]

Did he provide an account number? If he gave the details required to make a withdrawl, then the teller over-reacted. If he just gave a note for $12,000, then they did the right thing.

I agree. The irony is that in his zeal to appear inconspicuous, he brought a lot of attention to himself.

[Erik Latranyi]

I thought anything over $5000 was red flagged.

Yes, but you do not flag things by calling the police.

[Theoria]

That's exactly what he did.

[Farmerbob]

I’m confused. Coogler wanted money from the pregnant tellers account or his own? It’s hard to know what’s going on when you have to take trans-genders into account.

[PGR88]

But he wrote it in the area that says “Do Not Write in This Area.”

Clearly a law-breaker!!

[Political Junkie Too]

I'm assuming that he didn't want others in the bank to see him receiving a large bundle of cash.

-PJ

[lee martell]

It’s never a good idea for a customer to pass the Teller an unexpected written note about anything at all.
If you have a comment or question, speak up and tell her.
Do NOTHING that may seem suspicious.
You know the drill, or should know!

You don’t want to end up like that poor Sap in Woody Allen’s movie Take The Money & Run, where a robber passes a stick up note to the cashier, but the note is so poorly written, she cannot even read it and asks for help.

[redshawk]

No. Over 10k transaction is reported to the irs.