Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was briefly detained by police in Atlanta earlier this year after being mistaken for a bank robber and later received an apology from Bank of America.
In January, police detained Ryan Coogler, director of "Black Panther," after mistaking him for a bank robbery suspect, according to multiple reports
The director, who had been in town at the time to film"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," told E! News on March 9,"This situation should never have happened. However, Bank of America worked with me and addressed it to my satisfaction and we have moved on." On Jan. 7, police were called to one of the company's branches in the city to investigate a suspected holdup, according to a police report obtained by E! News. Upon arrival, they discovered a parked SUV in front with the engine running and a woman and man inside. They told an officer that they were waiting for Coogler, a"movie producer," who was making a money transaction.
Cops detained the man and woman in separate patrol cars, while other officers brought Coogler out of the bank in handcuffs, the police report said. After collecting information, another officer then determined that Coogler had passed the teller, a Black woman, a filled out withdrawal slip for an amount possibly valued at over $10,000, with a handwritten note on the back that asked them to"be discreet" when handing him the cash.
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