Citibank lawyer says "we have video." Good. We want that video and audio from March 17 & March 24 including racist scumbag Carlo Caramanna's actions.

There was some "issue" about how I allegedly became abusive and used foul language after the scumbag racist pigs at Citibank refused to cash Mr. Gillenwater's check and refused to open an account for me, even after they had allowed my Caucasian girlfriend to open one.

Attorney Vellela has it all wrong, however, in a letter to our lawyer talking about Derrick Gillenwater's girlfriend, so he's a clueless liar. Furthermore, I was never profane until AFTER that scumbag racist pig Carlo Caramanna threatened to have me arrested after I showed him relevant law on wrongful dishonor of a check.

If you think "scumbag racist pig" is actionable, then bring your lawsuit and motion for restraining order and see how far you get Attorney Vellela. Those are matters of my opinion and I will express them every day if I like.

I like.
Meanwhile I have instructed our lawyer to request the bank audio and video of March 17 and March 24 from both branches under protective order because the proof is in the video: None of the three of us present acted in any disrespectful or threatening manner whatsoever. We sat and waited patiently and presented relevant law and ALL OF THAT WILL BE SHOWN ON THE VIDEO.

Note: Citibank claims that the law firm of Wilson Elser refused to grant clearance to cash the check. They too, will be a named Defendant and we'll let the fingers start pointing back and forth.

Citibank says "sue us."

We heard back from our lawyer. Citibank has dared us to sue them.

That's fine with me.

Make my day.

Dear Attorney Velella: We didn't forget about you and Citibank's racist, classist policy.

Dear Attorney Velella: We're just busy settling another case in which another short-sighted company thought they could practice racist policies without consequence.

We'll be in touch in short order.

All the best,

BB.

Citibank plays hardball but cannot explain why they refused to open a bank account for a black man and threaten his arrest.

Got this update from Mr. Gillenwater just now:

Attorney Velella:

The lawyer that contacted the bank was not my attorney but was rather the attorney for the Defendant in the legal malpractice cases.

It seems that your information is somewhat shaky on that, and if it is shaky on that it is just as likely to be shaky in your belief that your employees didn't do anything wrong.

I do now have an attorney drafting a letter to you and we will see what the video and audio tells us as we move toward the MCAD and court.

I can't wait to see how you rationalize refusing to open an account for my friend, among other things, considering you opened an account for his Cuacasian girlfriend.

Like I said, see you in court.

-Derrick Gillenwater

--- On Sun, 5/31/09, Velella, Benjamin D wrote:

From: Velella, Benjamin D
Subject: Re: Gillenwater et al v. Citibank
To: "'derrickgillenwater@yahoo.com'"
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 3:46 PM

Mr. Gillenwater:
As you know, I did call you back in response to your first message although that was before I knew that you were a claimant who had already had a lawyer contact bank officials on his behal--a contact that took place before your first call to me. If you are represented by counsel, it is inappropriate for me--as Citibank's attorney--to interact with you directly.

If your attorney is writing a letter on your behalf, that letter will be responded to after receipt..

In closing, I will tell you that Citibank's position regarding the matter that prompted you to contact me is markedly different than yours and that it is our firmly held position that no duty of any kind owed to you was breached. The details in support of that position will be provided to your counsel.

Benjamin Velella
VP and Senior Counsel
Citibank, N.A.

Derrick Gillenwater and Frederick Douglass tell Citibank: "We will not be silenced."

Not only will we not be silenced, we will contact counsel for Mr. Gillenwater this weekend if we do not get a substantive response from Citibank counsel today. And when they come, they are going to be pissed.

Citibank still as racist as it was in 1997, with racist jokes and wrongful dishonor of checks for black man Derrick Gillenwater.

First read this post and its links to see what kind of racist games the Boston Citibank branches are playing, refusing to honor checks and threatening arrest for a holder in due course and his friends!

Then read this story:

"White vice presidents and lower-level employes of Citibank sent racist jokes throughout the megabank's interoffice E-mail, according to a lawsuit filed by enraged black workers.

The E-mail [contains] a series of spoofs on the black speech patterns known as Ebonics started at the bank's Wall Street offices and wound up at offices around New York and as far south as Florida.

Citibank acknowledged that the E-mail incident occurred last month and that three employes and one former employee have been investigated. One of the three current workers is expected to be fired, said Citicorp spokesman Jack Morris."

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Ebonics this you racist pigs: We be 'bout to sue y'all motha'fuckin' Al Jolson asses.

At least Al Jolson actually fought racism.

The Citibank racist game: If you're white you're right, if you're black, stay back.

Read here to see Your Style v. Mid Town Bank of Chicago, 150 Ill. App. 3d 421, 427-28, 501 N.E.2d 805 (1986) and to see how bank manager Carlo Caramanna at the Washington Street Branch (above) threatened to arrest a holder in due course and his friends, all of which happened after another racist pig manager at the Chinatown branch (above, top) promised to cash the same check after Derrick Gillenwater updated his State I.D.

Said manager reneged on that promise and was conveniently unavailable when Mr. Gillenwater returned to cash the first of two legal malpractice settlement checks. So then Mr. Gillenwater went on down to the racist Citibank branch in the South End/Back Bay where he and his friends were threatened with arrest, we are ordering the bullshit 911 call from Boston PD now and will obtain ALL of the bank video pursuant to Discovery.

Neither branch showed Mr. Gillenwater any policies in writing, just pretty much the feeling that "get the hell out of here you nigger" was The Deal.

Well we've got a Deal for them. It's called a LAWSUIT.