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Casino jackpot winner alleges Michigan bank wouldn’t cash her prize check
because she’s Black
Antonio Planas and Helen Kwong
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A Black woman from Michigan says she was racially discriminated against when three
employees at a Fifth Third Bank told her a casino jackpot check she was trying to
deposit was fraudulent, according to a recently filed federal lawsuit.

Lizzie Pugh, 71, tried to deposit the check April 11 at one of the bank's Livonia branches,
according to the suit filed Aug. 29 in U.S. District Court in Michigan. The lawsuit said Pugh had
a check in hand from the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, where she had
hit a slot machine jackpot on April 9 while out with a church group.

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 Lizzie Pugh. (Courtesy of Attorney Deborah Gordon)
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When she arrived at Fifth Third, where she did not have an account, Pugh was told by three
white female employees, her check was fraudulent while attempting to open a savings
account. The employees also tried to keep the check, according to the suit, which does not
name the employees.

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Pugh’s attorney, Deborah Gordon, told NBC News on Wednesday the check her client tried
deposit was for about $12,000 after taxes were taken out by the casino on a $20,000 jackpot.
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Pugh, according to the lawsuit, was raised in Alabama during the Jim Crow era and retired
from Detroit Public Schools after 36 years.

“This is just one example of the continual hurdles and indignities that Black Americans face
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N.C. Mom Saw Son's Photo on TV Identifying

Him as Murder Suspect. Then She Drove Him to
Police Station
KC Baker
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In August, Charles Michael Haywood's mother brought him to the hospital when
he allegedly came home with a bad cut on his hand.

Instagram Margaret Nicole Bracey

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The next day she brought her 22 year old son to the police station after seeing
 The next day, she brought her 22-year-old son to the police station after seeing
him on the news as a murder suspect in connection with the death of Margaret
Bracey, 42, at a hemp store in Surf City, N.C., search warrants show, a Pender
County Court Clerk confirms to PEOPLE.

At about 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, Haywood walked into Exotic Hemp Company with
a bandana around his neck and a backpack on and can be seen studying a
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Haywood was allegedly armed with a "lethal cutting instrument," according to an

incident report, WWAY reports.

Authorities have not said whether that weapon was used or how Bracey died,
according to the incident report.

Haywood is charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery, according to a

statement from the Surf City Police Department.
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