A bank manager called the police on a father of four who was trying to cash a check to buy school supplies for his children — after employees locked the doors upon seeing him, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit.
It was the man’s third attempt to cash the $1,500 check issued by his employer at an Amerant Bank branch in Delray Beach, Florida, on Aug. 9, 2022, a complaint says.
While waiting outside the bank, the man, who is Black, thought the employees might have locked the doors as part of a COVID-19 related protocol, but he noticed customers were inside, according to the complaint filed last month in Orange County Circuit Court…