In the video, Coogler is seen wearing a black skully hat, dark shades, and a face mask.
After entering the bank, TMZ reports that he gave the teller, who was identified as a Black pregnant woman, a note that read, “I would like to withdraw $12,000 cash from my checking account. Please do the money count somewhere else. I’d like to be discreet.”
“I put my own card in, put my own PIN in. [The teller] asked to see my I.D., I gave it to her, and she goes in the back,” Coogler said in the footage, USA Today reports. “Next thing, I hear glocks getting pulled out.”
As Blavity previously reported, the police arrived on the scene and arrested the movie director based on the allegations that he was a bank robber.
Video continues to show Coogler talking with law enforcement, explaining the incident, and directing one of the officers to look at his work badge clipped to his pants.
“She got scared when a Black dude handed her a note … I don’t know what else to say,” Coogler continued, according to The New York Times. “If she was scared, she’s got to admit that.”
