K Street Protest: Dozens (SEIU) Storm D.C. Bank Branches, Block K Street Intersection

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Huffington Post

Arthur Delaney

Dozens of noisy purple-shirted SEIU protesters stormed a Bank of America branch near the U.S. Capitol on Monday, forcing the bank to close down as confused customers looked on and tellers retreated to an interior room.

Other groups from SEIU and National People's Action were set to stage protests at BofA's and JPMorgan Chase's lobby shops downtown as part of a daylong anti-K Street extravaganza.

A security guard told HuffPost the branch would be closed only temporarily.

From there, the group blocked an intersection in D.C.'s tiny Chinatown, then stopped by a Citibank branch. "Corporate greed has got to go!"

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/17/bank-of-america-protest-d_n_578539.html

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SEIU's version here: http://www.seiu.org/2010/05/canvasing-k-street.php

[Jefferson23]

1. "Corporate greed has got to go!" K&R

:toast: :yourock: :fistbump: :applause:

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2. I like it

"Corporate greed has got to go."

[Jefferson23]

4. It works...welcome to DU.

[Flaneur]

3. Good on the SEIU.

[Lost4words]

5. Wonderful!