An extraordinary story out of Daily Kos on how as many as 30 people being arrested for attempting to close their Citibank accounts, all part of the Occupy wall Street protests against the big banks.
"[The protesters] all went in a big flash mob to close their accounts," Adrielle Slaugh,a 24-year-old office manager told the tNew York Post. "There were about 30 of them. They were screaming and chanting while they were going in. Security told them to leave, but they didn't. They stood in a group chanting things to the tellers. There were locked in, and then they were taken away."
You can watch a video of it here.
Citibank public affairs has put out a statement, basically blaming it all on police. "A large amount of protesters entered our branch at 555 La Guardia Place around 2:00 PM today. They were very disruptive and refused to leave after being repeatedly asked, causing our staff to call 911. The Police asked the branch staff to close the branch until the protesters could be removed. Only one person asked to close an account and was accommodated. To be clear: no one was arrested for closing an account; we didn't lock people in our branch – the police decided to close the branch; and we didn't ask for anyone to be arrested – that is a police decision."
Just another example of banks ducking responsibility.
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