A black man in the US received a settlement in a race discrimination lawsuit. When he tried to cash the cheque, the bank called the cops, prompting a second racial discrimination case.

Sauntore Thomas

• Sauntore Thomas, 44, of Detroit, Michigan in the US has filed a racial discrimination against TCF Bank, according to the Detroit Free Press.
• He said the bank refused to accept cheques he received in a settlement from a separate racial discrimination lawsuit he had filed against his employer, Enterprise Leasing Company.
• He said the bank accused him of fraud and called police to investigate the cheques.
• Thomas said the cheques were real, and he was able to deposit them at a Chase Bank hours later.

A black man in Detroit in the US has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a bank after its staff refused to cash cheques from a settlement he received in a separate racial discrimination suit.

Sauntore Thomas, 44, told the Detroit Free Press that he had sued his employer, Enterprise Leasing Company, for racial discrimination, and the case was later settled outside court for an undisclosed amount of money.