He wore a hat, sunglasses, and a protective mask against Covid-19. The 35-year-old director, then at the counter of a Bank of America in Atlanta, gave a paper to the employee present at the time, on which was noted: “I would like a withdrawal of 12,000 dollars from my account. Please do the accounts somewhere else. I’d like it to be discreet.” The person behind the counter, a pregnant black woman, misinterpreted the message, sounded the internal alarm, called her boss and, through him, the police. That’s how Ryan Coogler, star filmmaker behind Fruitvale Station , Creed or even Black Panther, found himself handcuffed and arrested by the police – wrongly. The two people who were waiting for him in their SUV were also arrested, as indicated by the police report which has just been unveiled. The latter then indicated who the filmmaker was, while the latter found himself forced out of the place. After the identity was verified, the police released Coogler. me about this misunderstanding, to my great satisfaction, and we moved on.” Also at Variety, a spokesperson for the bank apologized as follows: “We deeply regret that this incident occurred. should never have happened, and we apologized to Mr. Coogler.”
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