Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested For Attempted Bank Account Closing - Citi Bank Oct 15
Security locked Citibank customers inside as they arrested 23 #OccupyWallStreet protesters for attempting to close their bank accounts during a mass public action this afternoon. Watch the live stream as protesters march on Times Square at 3:00pm on Saturday.
The Wall Street Journal has confirmed the arrests. According to their report, 24 people were arrested. The protesters who tried to close their accounts were asked to leave by CitiBank and when they refused, they were arrested for trespassing. Some were arrested outside the bank for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
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ReplyDeleteI do not believe there was any disorderly conduct or resistance of arrest from what I witnessed on a live stream. It appeared as though the customers were not allowed to leave while inside, and one was forced back in. It would make sense then that they were forcibly detained and arrested for asking to close their accounts, a service which banks extend to customers during operating hours, within which this occurred. Furthermore, it appears that the customers money that the bank had been entrusted with was not given back to said customers when it was requested. This constitutes theft.
ReplyDeleteWhoever denied the people access to their own money were the one or ones who should have been arrested.
ReplyDeleteclearly we should all cancel our bank accounts and rid the world of banks
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ReplyDeleteSeems to me A bank run is the next inevitable step.
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ReplyDeletethe fact that the banks trapped the protesters inside and then had them arrested for tresspasing makes me sick. those protesters had every right to close their accounts! Every one, i am begging you to please stand up and support the #occupy movement, rise up against this injustis! Continue protesting in a peacefull manner! protect your future and the future of generations to come.
ReplyDeleteNo VIOLENCE on our (99%) side.. They're going to declare martial law eventually, lets not give them any excuse to do it legitimately. Cut communications, then the action begins
ReplyDeleteThere is one issue here that I find intriguing.... If you are protesting a bank, then why should the bank service you? It's not that they aren't giving them their money, but that these people can't be protesters and customers at the same time. It's sort of a double standard. You are saying "Screw you banks we are going to destroy you" but then also saying "Hey, I want to withdraw my money."
ReplyDeleteIf someone was out to kill you, but you owned a gun shop... Would you essentially supply your enemy with the weapons to kill you? Of course you wouldn't!
The protesters are out to "kill" banks. The banks aren't going to service people who are out to destroy them. This doesn't mean that they are taking protesters money, but simply saying "you can't be a protester and a customer, please try again"
I don't want to argue, but I just wanted to enlighten people that are infuriated with the way the banks acted.
In my opinion the arrests of these people were not justified, but refusal to service the protesters was completely justified.
Well just may be that they dont want to be customers anymore. Whats wrong with voting with your feet. There is no double standard as far as i can see.
ReplyDeleteIncorrect, Anon above me. These people have every right to remove their money at their whim. The banks have _no right_ to refuse them. At all. If they want to take money out during a protest, the bank does not have the right to say no. It is not their money.
ReplyDeleteHow or who can investigate this incident? We need have that manager fired and charge her with a criminal offence....
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Well, they wanted to stop being customers and didn't want any service other than getting their deposits back. This isn't a double standard in any way - more like the opposite: they're protesting being conned out of their money, which by refusing to hand it over just got more evident.
ReplyDeleteEver heard of, "No shirt. No shoes. No service."? This was no different. "No decency. No decorum. No service." any business can deny service to any customer on the basis of the customer's behavior. The First Ammendment applies to Civil Rights and prohibits businesses and governments from excluding individuals based on race, gender, religion, age, sexual identity, etc. It does not give protection to a mob of people seeking to damage a business's image or property. These people were not in the act of "peaceable assembly".
ReplyDeleteThis is beyond 'effed up! How the Hell can people be arrested for attempting to get THEIR OWN damned money?!?! Thank you for helping to spreading the word!
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ReplyDeleteInstead of making a big production out of closing their accounts, the protesters should just quietly walk into a bank branch alone and close their account. If all the protesters do this, they will not be arrested, they will not be stopped and you can continue the campaign of hitting the banks where it hurts them the most. Getting arrested makes for a showy display but actually getting to close your account will actually be more effective.
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