City sues bank

This is a first. A city sues a bank over its lending practices claiming that they discriminated against black borrowers and led to a wave of foreclosures that has reduced city tax revenues and increased its costs.

The city is Baltimore. The bank is Wells Fargo.

Read this NY Times article.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”