At Chase Bank While Black. Branch Calls Cops on Man Waiting for It to Open

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:01]I don't understand now and we can't work out.

[00:00:05]We can't go jogging. We can't go fishing or we can't go walking without being bothered.

[00:00:13]Here's a black man in Tampa minding his black business sitting in his car waiting for the bank to open when this happened.

[00:00:28]They called and concerned that you're just sitting here and not really doing anything.

[00:00:30]>> I got I'm sorry. I got to get this over.

[00:00:33]The bank called The Bank called and said that they concerned that I'm sitting here waiting for them to open up.

[00:00:39]>> Yes, sir.

[00:00:39]>> That's crazy. Tampa is out of control, man. But there's another guy sitting.

[00:00:45]>> Are you doing business here?

[00:00:46]>> Hell yes, I'm do. This is my bank.

[00:00:47]>> Okay. Are you going to go inside?

[00:00:49]>> Yeah. As soon as they they're open. They open up at 9:00.

[00:00:53]>> I can't believe they called you for real.

[00:00:55]>> I swear to God. That's crazy, man.

[00:00:59]>> That is crazy.

[00:01:00]>> So, you just waiting for the bank to open?

[00:01:02]>> Hell yes. I got too too much stuff to do at the bank.

[00:01:07]>> Too much stuff to do. Place of business.

[00:01:10]>> All right.

[00:01:10]>> That's crazy, though. They call you over here.

[00:01:12]>> They said you had alcohol and whatever.

[00:01:14]So, I don't know if they saw you red cuz your alcohol. I don't know.

[00:01:19]>> Well, you got to understand it's a bank and people hanging out in the bank park makes me a little nervous.

[00:01:24]>> I'm going to need a >> makes them nervous. The person's out here waiting for the bank to open at 9:00.

[00:01:29]>> Well, you got to understand people rob people coming in and out of the banks.

[00:01:32]That's an issue, right?

[00:01:34]>> You understand?

[00:01:35]>> They don't even they they they don't they don't even they don't they the employees don't even they can't even afford what I have.

[00:01:42]>> So, how would I look like I'm trying to rob?

[00:01:44]>> What do you got that's so expensive? I'm just curious. What do you do for a living? What do you got so expensive?

[00:01:48]>> I'm an Airbnb in there.

[00:01:50]>> An Airbnb in there?

[00:01:51]>> Yes. That's right.

[00:01:53]>> Right. But they don't even drive the cars. Airbnb guy.

[00:01:56]>> They don't they don't a lot of them.

[00:01:57]They don't even drive the car. They don't even live. So why would I look like I'm doing something wrong?

[00:02:02]>> Cuz you're the only one sitting in the parking lot. In the back parking lot.

[00:02:05]>> There's a guy right there sitting in front >> right there. He's been waving with me.

[00:02:09]>> No, I didn't see I can't see him from here. But that blue Tesla. That's all they said.

[00:02:13]>> Right. Come on. Like and I got this is my bank. This the only bank I come to to do like and I'm coming to withdraw a lot of money.

[00:02:20]>> All right.

[00:02:21]>> That's crazy though. I couldn't believe it.

[00:02:23]>> They were just concerned. That's >> when I seen them walk by the first time, I was like, >> "Who walked by?"

[00:02:27]>> When the employees, cuz they these are all their cars and they were just coming by >> and they were like kind of looking like what what is a black guy doing sitting here from a bank. You think I'm casing the bank out?

[00:02:38]>> It has nothing to do with race.

[00:02:39]>> I'm individual sitting in the parking lot.

[00:02:41]>> I'm from Tampa. I'm from Atlanta originally. So >> So what what does that mean?

[00:02:45]>> When I came to Tampa and I seen like just how it's different.

[00:02:48]>> What's different about it?

[00:02:49]>> It's just a lot of prejudice.

[00:02:52]>> Okay.

[00:02:52]>> Yeah. All right.

[00:02:54]>> Yeah.

[00:02:54]>> All right, bud.

[00:02:55]>> Yeah, no problem, man. I appreciate >> Yeah. Let them know that I'm coming in to make a deposit, a withdrawal, a bigger draw. That's crazy.

[00:03:06]>> That's crazy.

[00:03:11]Um, Matt, uh, I will be making a big ass withdrawal as in I'm shutting my account down.

[00:03:23]Yeah. And I might be filing a section 1981 lawsuit for your infringement on my right to contract. I mean, I I don't know. I mean, this kind of thing happens so much that it it defies all logic and there's no justifiable reason for it. And you know, I mean, I will say obviously at banks you got to have security and you got to keep an eye on people who might be acting squirly.

[00:03:45]But if you have somebody sitting in the parking lot awaiting the bank opening, I mean, that usually is pretty inconsistent with somebody who has a nefarious intent, right? Sitting out in the open. It's obvious that they're sitting there. They're not concealing themselves. It's a pretty easy inference that they intend to go do business at the bank. So, you know, I don't know. I don't know what he's ultimately going to do, but none of this is new. We we expect this kind of thing and I'm sorry this brother went through this. But hopefully if he decides to get legal counsel, you know, Chase does the right thing and and pays him for his embarrassment and infringement on his rights.

[00:04:21]>> It it ain't new, but don't mean this, right? And Candace, his other deal. He's like, "Yo, that dude sitting right there." Then the cops like, "Oh, I ain't see him." Uh, I'M SORRY. AIN'T LIKE BANK parking lots are that damn large. Okay, so let's just be real clear. Then it's like, "Oh, yeah. They said you out here with alcohol and he's like it's it's it's the energy drink. Um and and my whole deal the office listen I get it. He's just trying to be rapport. My whole deal is I'm not telling you what I do. I don't have to tell you what I do.

[00:04:58]>> Yeah. Yeah. And you know, let me build upon what Matt said, you know, negligent reporting, infliction of emotional distress, and and build upon what you said in that, yeah, there's somebody over there in that car, and now you're treating me differently than that person. Well, then you do have more of an establishment and grounds for a certain type of lawsuit. He was trying to establish a rapport, give a little information, not try to be an invasive, not a bad tool when you are working with the police officers, to each his own.

[00:05:28]Um, I am glad that it worked out well, but I don't think that his job is done yet. Maybe he might take out all of his money, close down his account, and then go pay an attorney like Mad in order to make sure that they can get their lawsuit filed.

[00:05:45]>> I I Okay. Well, what's crazy to me, Michael, he's like, they like bang on.

[00:05:50]What you going to do? WAIT FOR Y'ALL ASSES TO OPEN.

[00:05:55]I mean, I've sat I I've sat outside I I've sat outside of stores waiting for them to open like like what that's like guy's like what you going TO DO EASY WAIT FOR THEY ASSES TO OPEN.

[00:06:11]>> YEAH. Uh anybody that's worked at a bank before knows that you have customers that will wait outside for you to open.

[00:06:18]A lot of banks open 9:00 a.m. something like that, right? and I've waited outside the banks because I had to do business inside waiting for them to open. Okay. Now, early in that conversation, the the the gentleman in the car said that there was another guy in the parking lot that was waiting as well. He said that early in the conversation. He brought it up again later in the conversation. The officer at the light, it was the first time he heard that. NO, IT'S NOT. He He was told that earlier in the conversation, but he ignored the other man in the car. So, um, this sounds, you know, I I would I would withdraw my money out of that bank. Clo uh uh close that account. Uh because you once again I I hate to bring this up. This is former Confederate state Florida. Okay. Florida has a a deep racial a deep racist history. And for them to single him out and say he's out there waiting then, oh, he's he's we assume he's drinking alcohol. So somehow, you know, there is something uh untoward or something like that. Yeah, this sounds like racial profiling to me.

[00:07:22]But you know what? What do I know? I'm I'm just a black man, 55 years old.

[00:07:26]We'll be 55 in June. So, I've seen a lot of stuff, but this sounds like something racial to me.

[00:07:32]>> That's what I say. You go in the bank and say, "HEY, WHO CALLED the cops and possibly robbing the bank?" You go.

[00:07:41]>> I want to Who call the cops? Okay. Was it you? Got it. Give me all my >> Right.

[00:07:52]Give me all. So, I want you to know you are responsible for me withdrawing all my money from your bank cuz y'all asses are racist.