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On Monday, Mayor Richard Thomas discussed how staff at JP Morgan & Chase summoned the police on him, his staff member, and a Mount Vernon Police detective as the Mayor sought to deposit a six figure check and get access to the Citys online banking records.
A Chase employee called the police on Wednesday, April 25, after Mayor Thomas was invited into a conference room and after Mayor Thomas had introduced the two people with him, including the police detective.
The response by the White Plains Police Department was resolved amicably after one of the responding officers recognized the Mount Vernon Police detective.
Mayor Thomas believes that race certainly played a role in the Chase employees calling the police. The two staffers who accompanied Mayor Thomas are black and Hispanic.
As a Mayor and as a young, well-educated black man living during this turbulent time in society where police are being called on black people for going about everyday life, this is unacceptable, Mayor Thomas wrote in a letter to Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Weve seen this happen to the two black men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. Weve also seen this happen to Oregon Rep. Janelle Bynum while she was campaigning. Now it happened to me.
On Monday, Mayor Thomas will visit the Office of Currency Comptroller to file a racial profiling/redlining complaint.
Mayor Thomas was at Chases offices at 925 Westchester Avenue in White Plains to invoke existing rights as an authorized account signatory and enforce a recent court order giving him full access to all the Citys financial records.
Supreme Court Justice Susan Cacace recently ordered Mount Vernon Comptroller Deborah Reynolds to stop blocking Mayor Thomas access to the critical financial records that allow him to determine how much money the City truly has.
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still_one
(92,552 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,893 posts)Had to go to other sources to figure it out. Although they mention the police detective was from Mount Vernon, it doesn't follow that the mayor was from that same town automatically.
Bad treatment of His Honor the Mayor. Hope he follows through filing charges of racial profiling.
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)all 8 paragraphs of the original post. No state is given.?? Oregon is mentioned and so is Philadelphia, but what sate is this in? So in post 6, in the title of post 6, I found out..because the title of post 6 says so.
Xipe Totec
(43,893 posts)If you have to read through 8 paragraphs just to figure out where it happened, there's a problem.
rockfordfile
(8,712 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)I hope there is a lawsuit here, as this can be turned into a national teachable moment for ALL banking employees.
This is malignant racism and it MUST be STOPPED.
R Merm
(409 posts)The highest State Court is the Court of Appeals
keithbvadu2
(37,066 posts)"stop blocking Mayor Thomas access to the critical financial records" - Something to hide.
Mopar151
(10,014 posts)On the "uppity" Mayor. Cannot be legitimate, he's one of THEM!
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)and we still have a loooong way to go!
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)oldsoftie
(12,680 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Is there a black plains anywhere?
FailureToCommunicate
(14,038 posts)course when we worked on racial justice issues around the Kerner Commission Report's findings of institutionalized racism, we stressed the FIRST part of the city's name.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)My father was born and grew up in White Plains, for whatever that is worth.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,038 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,885 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,038 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,475 posts)Mt. Vernon was the home of the Delaney sisters, "Having Our Say."