Ryan Coogler Was Handcuffed After Being Mistaken For A Bank Robber In Atlanta

Acclaimed director and screenwriter Ryan Coogler was handcuffed and taken out of a Bank of America branch in Atlanta in January after an employee inaccurately reported that he was trying to rob the bank, TMZ first reported Wednesday .

The Creed and Black Panther director had attempted to withdraw money from his account at a Bank of America location on Jan. 7 when authorities were called to the branch. Coogler had apparently handed the bank teller a filled-out withdrawal slip, with a handwritten note on the back asking the teller to be discreet when handing him his cash, according to a police incident report that HuffPost viewed on Wednesday.

The report also noted that the Bank of America employee had received a notification from Cooglers account when attempting to withdraw the cash, which was reported as possibly exceeding $10,000.

Atlanta police said the bank teller notified their manager that Coogler was attempting to rob the bank, and authorities were contacted.

The police report did not clearly indicate what prompted the teller to make such a claim to their manager. The award-winning filmmaker had presented his license and Bank of America card during the transaction, police said.

Coogler was handcuffed and taken out of the bank center once authorities arrived at the scene. Police also detained two people who were waiting for him in an SUV outside the bank, the report says.

On Wednesday, Fox 5 Atlanta reporter Eric Perry tweeted police body camera footage of Coogler getting handcuffed.

TAKE A LOOK: This is Atlanta Police body camera footage of Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler being arrested inside a bank after he was mistaken for a bank robber by the teller. He was trying to get money from his own account. You can see an officer pull a gun.@FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/T8MjJkEqDb

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TAKE A LOOK: This is Atlanta Police body camera footage of Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler being arrested inside a bank after he was mistaken for a bank robber by the teller. He was trying to get money from his own account. You can see an officer pull a gun.@FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/T8MjJkEqDb
Eric Perry (@Ericperrytv) March 9, 2022

The director can be heard in the video saying, Whoa, whoa whats going on?

An officer standing behind Coogler appears to draw his gun before placing it back in his holster and handcuffing Coogler.

Police described the people in the SUV as a Black man and an Asian woman in the report, and described the teller who spoke to Coogler as a Black woman. Coogler himself is also Black.