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Sauntore Thomas recently won a settlement from his former employer after he sued for racial discrimination. However, when he went to the bank to cash the check, but the bank refused to cash it and called the police. Thomas now says he’s also suing TCF Bank for race discrimination after the Livonia branch refused to cash his check according to the Detroit Free Press. Thomas has had an account with the bank for almost two years.

Thomas told the newspaper he was embarrassed by the experience, which came right after his lawsuit against Enterprise Leasing Company of Detroit. The Detroit native said while at the bank two officers questioned him and two others were outside the bank on guard.

“I didn’t deserve treatment like that when I knew that the check was not fraudulent,” Thomas told the Free Press. “I’m a United States veteran. I have an honorable discharge from the Air Force. They discriminated against me because I’m Black. None of this would have happened if I were white.”

While at the bank, Thomas called his lawyer Deborah Gordon to explain to bank employees that his check was legit. However, the bank didn’t believe her as well.

“I got on the phone with the bank. I sent them my federal court complaint, to see that it matched. I did everything,” Gordon told the newspaper. “Obviously, assumptions were made the minute he walked in based on his race. It’s unbelievable that this guy got done with a race discrimination case and he’s not allowed to deposit the check based on his case? It’s absolutely outrageous.”

“They could have just called the bank that issued the check, and they apparently didn’t do anything because it would have all been verified immediately,” Gordon added.

Police told Thomas that the computer system at TCF bank read the settlement check as fraudulent. However, Thomas doesn’t believe the claim since he had no issue depositing the check at a Chase bank in Detroit. Thomas opened an account at Chase and made the deposit and money was available within 12 hours. The amount of the settlement hasn’t been disclosed and part of a confidential agreement.

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