The CFC

13 Jul 2011

Man Jailed For Cashing Check

radicallyhottoff:

thecurvature:

This horrific story offers a window into the reality of life for low socioeconomic status minorities:

Ikenna, a 28-year old construction worker, went to deposit a $8,463.21 Chase cashier’s check at his local Chase branch, only for the teller to decide that neither he nor his check looked right and he got tossed in jail for forgery, KING5 reports. The next day, a Friday the bank realized its mistake and left a message with the detective. But it was her day off, so he spent the entire weekend in jail.
By the time he got out, he had been fired from his job for not showing up to work. His car had been towed as well. It ended up getting sold off at auction because he couldn’t afford to get it out of the pound. He had been relying on that cashier’s check for his money but it was taken as evidence and by the time he got it back it was auctioned off.
All this while the cashier’s check had been issued by the very bank he was trying to cash it at.
Chase didn’t even apologize, not even after a year.

Meanwhile, in his freshly pressed khakis, the young white college student who used to live across the hall managed to cash, on two separate occasions, two checks he stole out of my mailbox and forged without the slightest problem.

But hey, I’m sure this has nothing to do with race or class.

Whaaaaat the fuck.

I can’t even articulate in words how this angers me. I really can’t. When are we burning this whole thing down? Tomorrow? I’ll be there.

(Source: abbyjean)

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    OHMYGOD WTFBBQ. THAT IS TERRIFYING.
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    This horrific story offers a window into the reality of life for low socioeconomic status minorities: Ikenna, a 28-year...
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    I’m late to the party on this one, but WHAT WHAT WHAT? I can’t believe that nothing’s been done about this.
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    I read this article on Cracked the other day and of course, OF COURSE, even after the article detailed many of the ways...
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    Fuck people and their prejudices.
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    This is fucking WRONG. Here’s a prime example that racism is alive and well today.
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    FUCK THAT
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    This is the worst story I’ve ever heard.
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