‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler speaks out after being mistaken for bank robber, detained
foxnews.comRyan Coogler found himself in a tense situation when he was detained in January outside a Bank of America branch in Atlanta in a case of mistaken identity.
In police body-camera footage, the "Black Panther" director, 35, is perplexed as to what is happening after he presented a note to a bank teller, asking to withdraw a sum of $12,000 in cash "from my checking account" but with the caveat, "Please do the money count somewhere else.
I’d like to be discreet." However, given the amount of Coogler’s withdrawal which exceeded $10,000, the bank teller said in a 911 dispatch call – released by TMZ - that she didn’t feel comfortable completing Coogler’s request despite the fact he inserted his debit card, correctly entered his PIN and provided proper photo identification in the form of his California driver’s license.
The teller says on the dispatch call that she ultimately alerted her manager to the situation of a suspected bank robbery, even though the dispatcher verifies on the call that Coogler’s name was "not verified" by the teller.
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