Family barricades their home against eviction: Bank of America! Daily additions: BofA horror stories

[Fire Walk With Me]

Last edited Thu Oct 11, 2012, 06:27 PM - Edit history (39)

Back in March, Dirma Rodriguez called Occupy Fights Foreclosures in Los Angeles in a panic. She and her family were being kicked out of her home onto the street after several now-obviously illegal moves by Bank of America and associated "home flipper" companies. OFF arrived to indeed find her, her family, and her property on the sidewalk and street outside HER home. OFF managed to get her back in, and after much bad publicity for Bank of America including a page 2 LA Times story, Dirma and her 27 year-old severely disabled daughter won back their home through the revelation of fraud in the foreclosure proceedings.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002567977

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002559792

Surprise! Bank of America are still at it across the nation, this time most locally in the San Fernando valley of Los Angeles, seeking to evict a family after four years of run-arounds and non-response.

The bank raised the family's payments after the housing bubble burst, then when the Hernandez's asked for a modification, Bank of America told them if they missed their payments, their loan could be modified. On their third attempt at gaining a loan modification, their home was sold out from under them. (From the intro to the video seen below, just above the post "The top 1% is buying up all the real estate.”)

The Hernandez family have blockaded the entrance of their home after 19 days ago receiving an eviction notice and with the help of various Occupy groups (Occupy Fights Foreclosures, Occupy San Fernando Valley, Occupy the Hood, Occupy Skid Row, Occupy LA and more) have held off eviction, build community with neighbors, and gained growing recognition of the issue and of ways to fight back.

Here is PressTV's recent (video) story on them. Press TV are Iranian government television, but note that when a story makes the US look bad, they'll present it as-is, and in my having followed this local reporter's work including Occupy, they post the truth. THIS story is the truth:

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/08/30/258940/occupy-la-protesters-camp/

Yesterday, Bank of America crawled momentarily out from under their slimy rock because of the media attention Fort Hernandez are receiving, and phoned them. When you listen to this, you will note several "outs" they've left themselves to tut-tut over and just continue the foreclosure proceeding. Considering robosigning and many proven cases of outright fraud coming from the banks, it's just how they work, until you are too tired or confused to fight them any more. BANG, they get your home. If English isn't your native language, you're even more vulnerable to being screwed.

Also note that =they will not answer= the question of whether BofA actually still own the title to the home and thus have any right to engage in a modification.

Here is the recording of today's highly questionable phone conversation.

http://vimeo.com/49206691

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https://www.facebook.com/#!/OccupyFortHernandez

Follow Fort Hernandez on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Fort_Hernandez

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Now, since Bank of America, that is,

BANK OF AMERICA

BAD FOR AMERICA

cannot stand negative publicity, I will be using this space to present to you tens of thousands of DUers and lurkers, a treasure-trove of media stories featuring

BANK OF AMERICA

in all their greedy glory. Perhaps one a day or more, UNTIL THEY RETURN THE HERNANDEZ HOME TO THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY. Please spread the story far and wide.

If you're here to blame the family, you are not paying attention to what the banks are getting away with and I'll just put you on Ignore. If you have an open mind, check the upcoming stories for yourself. This thread will be kicked every day because only the people of this country are interested in stopping this well-known illegal systematic theft of our homes.

If you have any bad BANK OF AMERICA experiences to share, please share away!



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Catchy, toe-tapping music video:

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BofA launches 2nd round of bulk foreclosure sales

For the second time in five months, Bank of America is tapping the red-hot market for foreclosed homes by seeking bids on a bulk offering of several hundred single-family homes.

Over the past several weeks, the nation’s second-largest bank by assets has solicited bids for a bulk deal that includes up to 500 largely vacant single-family homes, some of which BofA acquired after its merger with Countrywide Financial, according to several sources within the real estate and mortgage sectors. Countrywide was one of the largest subprime lenders in the United States.

The bulk deal, which includes foreclosed homes in California, Florida, Arizona, Texas, Pennsylvania and Georgia, is one of the biggest block offerings of foreclosed homes ever done by a bank, these sources say.

http://libn.com/2012/04/13/bofa-launches-2nd-round-of-bulk-forclosure-sales/

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Beloved DC Pastor Fights Eviction; Occupy Our Homes DC Pressing Bank of America for Justice

http://occupyourhomes.org/blog/2012/sep/2/reverend-vanzant-fighting-bofa-eviction/

While Rev. Michael Vanzant was in the hospital recovering from a minor stroke brought on by Bank of America's plans to evict him, we foreclosed on BofA's DC Home Loan office while also asking supporters to shut down their phone lines. We were successful on both fronts. That same day, BofA called Rev. Vanzant in the hospital to set up a call to discuss solutions. Once that discussion began, though, it became clear that they hadn't quite heard us. Rev Vanzant was offered more money to move out of his home in a gentrifying area of NE DC. He is not interested, though we are all pleased that we've made it onto their radar.

We are asking you to take a moment to call the DC Home Loan office and let them know that this isn't about money - this is about keeping communities intact. Please call and demand they work with Rev. Vanzant on a modification - he is not leaving.

Bank of America Home Loan office - DC - 202-797-4940

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Banks' Disorganization Pushed 800,000 Homeowners Into Unnecessary Foreclosure: ProPublica

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/banks-unnecessary-foreclosure_n_1874737.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=2585803,b=facebook

The report does not identify these poor performing banks, but it's not hard to ID them. A "few large servicers [have offered] modifications at half the rate of others," the authors say. The largest mortgage servicers are Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citi.

Bank of America in particular (the largest of all the servicers when HAMP launched) has been far slower to modify loans than even the other large servicers, as other analyses we've cited have shown.

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Homeowners, advocates want bank reps jailed for foreclosure fraud

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/19465592/homeowners-advocates-want-bank-reps-jailed-for-foreclosure-fraud

Earlier this year the nation's largest banks reached a $25 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general from 49 states, including Georgia. The banks include Wells Fargo, Bank of America, GMAC/Ally Bank, Citibank and Chase.

Despite the settlement and promises to stop, it appears banks are still filing fraudulent assignments. O'Brien showed one assignment he received this spring that was completed by a suspected robosigner.

"I really believe [the banks are] a criminal enterprise. I truly believe this. They know what they're doing. They sit there and say they're too big to fail but they're not too big to go to jail," O'Brien said.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Child Protection Services Intrude #FortHernandez

http://pavementseries.com/2012/09/18/lapd-dcfs-attempted-midnight-invasion-of-forthernandez-video/

Van Nuys, CA, 09/18/2012 — (VIDEO) Early this morning at approximately 12:04am, two LAPD officers and two Department of Children & Family Services agents arrived at the Hernandez home on an unannounced visit. Children’s Social Worker Albert “Jack” Johnson, of the Emergency Response Command Post, claimed that they had received a tip from an undisclosed source alleging that there was no running water or electricity at 14620 Leadwell St. They questioned the family outside the home who stated that the claim was unfounded. The family denied their request to enter the home. The family also denied their request to see the child at 12:04am on a school night. The child had been asleep since 8pm.

There have been multiple visits by the LAPD to the home recently for unsubstantiated complaints from unknown sources. Is this a pattern of intimidation by Bank of America using law enforcement?

(Note: They tried the "health and safety" angle against the Occupy encampments and Skid Row as well.)

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"The top 1% is buying up all the real estate.”

“I’ve never seen it like this before,” Nordine said. “There are so many investors buying right now it’s insane. The top 1% is buying up all the real estate.”

Big-money investors, including Wall Street hedge funds and private equity firms, are positioning themselves to snap up foreclosed homes and convert them into rental units. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, for instance, said in a recent cable news interview that he would buy foreclosed homes if he could find the right way to manage those properties.

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-southland-home-sales-20120314,0,6234067.story

related and in today's LA Times:

"I think they're idiots. They have no agenda."

-Robert Nicholson, who works on Wall Street and was watching a handful of protesters march outside his office building.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-occupy-wall-street-anniversary-20120917,0,3314552.story?page=1

This thread is part of our agenda. Getting out homes back from you greedy monsters is part of our agenda. Your greed is a disease and your sickness is destroying our nation. Destroying families for profit and thinking we are idiots? You sir are more than obsolete. You are killing this country for your own profit. You ARE the problem.

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Bank of America denies employee loan modification horror story

2010:

Bank of America is defending itself after a former employee criticized the company’s call center policies. The woman said, when she worked in the call center, bank policy allowed her only three attempts to notify loan modification applicants of key paperwork they needed to take care of.

The woman said she worked at the Bank of America call center in Tempe in December, calling homeowners to schedule notary service and finish up modification paperwork. But she says she quit in disgust over policies. “You get three attempts and that is it– whether your phone’s busy, left a message, no answer. That’s three attempts,” she said. “After three attempts the file gets closed.”

(Plenty of BofA horror story comments at the link, such as:

"I worked as a temp for Bof A in Glendale, CA. I tried to help homeowners who wanted to do a short sale. I was fired because I had a heart. The bank would loose (sic) documents not once, not twice but 20 times over deliberately giving wrong fax numbers. Employees were not trained properly, managers refused to really provided help."

"B of A doesn’t want to modify loans !!!!! They make out much better by foreclosing or doing short sales instead because the government covers their losses.

My wife died a year ago in August in the midst of trying to modify her mortgage...Now it is more than one year later and they are still sending my wife letters and calling the house asking to speak to her about her loan ! Even more disrespectful is the fact that I faxed her death certificate to B of A almost 11 months ago and they actually lost that too !! I have the name and employee ID and fax number at B of A where this and 20 other pages of documentation were sent and no one knows who this person even is ! How do you lose a death certificate ???"

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Fort Hernandez will be the cover story of this week's LA Weekly!

http://samslovick.com/occupy-la/huff-po-no-forthernandez-video/

Huff-Po No: #FortHernandez (VIDEO)

by Sam Slovick on September 19, 2012

#FortHernandez has been all over the news the past few weeks. It’s the cover story for the next LA Weekly and was on the front page of LA Opinion. It’s the story of a family standing up to the Bank of America. This week LAPD and DCFS arrived at the Hernandez home at midnight under false claims of no running water or electricity. The family posted a a video to dispute the claims. They also posted another video of their happy family.

The Huffington Post chose not to publish this blog submission (below)

(More at the link.)

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Bank of America reportedly plans to cut 16,000 jobs

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bofa-layoffs-20120921,0,5291095.story

By the end of the year, Bank of America Corp. hopes to get rid of 16,000 jobs, close 200 branches and shrink its mortgage operation, according to a document sent to top management.

The institution is accelerating its cost-cutting strategy, planning to pare its operations so much that it will lose its spot as the nation's largest bank employer. The company will fall behind the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc.

The proposed cuts would bring Bank of America's workforce down to 260,000 by year-end, according to the document, which was summarized for the Wall Street Journal.

(More at the link. 260,000 jobs to go!)

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These are the ABC's of the Banking Scandal:

I lend you money so you can buy a house and I collect payments from you, with interest.

Our arrangement is that your payments will go up, big time, at some point, but I tell you not to worry, because I will let you refinance before that happens.

I keep insurance on the loan, so if anything happens, I get mine.

When your payments are about to increase, I don't let you refinance. After all, the housing bubble has burst, and the over-inflated value we agreed with you that the home was worth is less than half of that, so you're underwater, and we can't lend to someone underwater, now, can we? You manage to meet the new payments as long as you can, because it is your house, after all.

When it becomes clear you aren't going to be able to keep up the new, huge payments, I sell your loan to another bank or investment company or individual, whatever, as long as they're overseas, as a good investment. I get my buddies in the industry who rate investments to say they're super-good.

Then, I watch as you go under, the investor overseas is left holding the bad debt and I collect the insurance on the defaulting loan.

Ta-Daaa... (The Hernandez family were told to stop paying their mortgage in order to qualify for a loan adjustment...and the bank stole the home.)

Re-blogged via Steve Gelder, with permission:

http://stevegelder.blogspot.com/2012/09/holding-down-fort-hernandez.html

©2011 Beef Tips On Rice Productions.

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Eviction Stopped By Protestors’ Threats To Interfere

Special bonus story via Bilal Ali:

http://fox2now.com/2012/09/21/eviction-stopped-by-protestors-threats-to-interfere/

She says she tried negotiating a lower payment with Wells Fargo when she saw her layoff coming. She submitted supporting paperwork. Wells Fargo misplaced it. So she tried again.

“They said re-submit the papers again, and I keep re-submitting the papers, and instead of saying I guess, they keep saying we didn’t get the papers, we didn’t get all your information, so I started to get the run-around,” she said.

And Wells Fargo told her city sheriff’s deputies would be showing up Friday to pile her belongings on the street and padlock her house.

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A blog filled with Bank of America horror stories. For example:

http://bankofamericastinks.vpweb.com/blog/2011/03/28/Please-tell-us-your-horror-story-with-Bank-of-America.aspx


Nanette on Monday, March 28, 2011 8:11 PM
My husband owned his own business. He had a massive heart attack. We are in our sixties and lost all our saving to medical. I call BAC for a loan modification. That was Dec '09. Ten faxes later and 3 Fed Ex with all paper work they requested, as of today 3/38/11 they are going to foreclose, they said because I never sent requested paper work.. I can't believe this. America is great. We worked all our lives and we are going to be in the street.
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Isabel S on Sunday, April 03, 2011 10:57 AM
Nanette, I am truly disgusted by Bank of America's behavior. Your story is repeated several thousand times over. If I were you, I would sue Bank of America. If you can't find an attorney, sue them yourself.

(Much more at the link.)

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Changed the title from "Yet ANOTHER ugly foreclosure story starring Bank of America!" to "Family barricades their home against eviction: Bank of America!" because it's more action-oriented, and fighting back against fraud and theft is the point! Stand up fight back!

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Another Bank of America Horror Story?

http://www.cnbc.com/id/40842148/Another_Bank_of_America_Horror_Story

Wednesday, 29 Dec 2010

"The largest bank in the United States earlier this month notified Shock Baitch and his wife Lisa (Friedman) Baitch that foreclosure action will start today — Christmas eve — unless the couple agrees to put their home up for a forced sale."

"Why? Because another unit of Bank of America erroneously reported to credit agencies that the family was seeking a loan modification, ruining their credit rating and as the result (sic) putting their mortgage into default."

As I observed in my earlier article, about Bank of America allegedly cutting a credit score over a mortgage note inquiry: "A single case—no matter how compelling or potentially illustrative of a broader point—isn't yet a trend."

(September 2012: Trend is visible.)

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Bilal Ali
The harassment of Fort Hernandez by public / city agencies continues. Today people from the health dept. came out to the Hernandez home with some BS. We are winning! Come out and support Fort Hernandez / Hernandez family...in word and deed. All Power!

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Sign the petition: Help Save the Hernandez Home: Stop Illegal Foreclosures!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/739/239/683/help-save-the-hernandez-home-stop-illegal-foreclosures/

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Bank of America faces federal complaint for how it maintains bank-owned homes in minority neighborhoods

http://www.freep.com/article/20120925/BUSINESS06/120925069/bank-of-america-minority-discrimination-complaint?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

(You may have to copy and paste the entire URL if it shows a break.)

The National Fair Housing Alliance and five affiliated organizations announced today the filing of a federal housing discrimination complaint against Bank of America for the way it maintains and markets bank-owned houses in minority neighborhoods in eight cities, including Grand Rapids.

(snip)

“We found significant racial disparity,” Smith said during a conference call today.

At one house in Grand Rapids, a dead dog was found among the trash and leaves of a Bank of America property in a black neighborhood.

Thanks to DUer marmar for the story! And fuck you to Bank of America for the story!

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Occupy San Fernando Valley
In 2008 Banks and mortgage rating firms illegally sold mortgages at high ratings and at the same time purchased insurance in speculation against these mortgages so that when they were not paid off at the inflated interest rates by borrowers, banks received double compensation (Inside Job). Last year in California, 1.2 million homes were foreclosed, and another million are expected to be foreclosed in 2012. We MUST hold the banks accountable for the social crimes they are committing! (gs)

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My Personal Bank of America Horror Story (video)

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1286208/my-personal-bank-of-america-horror-story

Bank of America lies to a real estate agent and puts her in foreclosure!

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Fort Hernandez are the front page story on the LA Weekly!

http://www.laweekly.com/2012-09-27/news/occupy-la-anniversary-fort-hernandez/

In late August, the Hernandez family got a notice to vacate. Their three-bedroom house had been sold at a foreclosure auction to Bank of America.

They threw an eviction party on the Saturday before they were supposed to leave, but afterward, they decided not to go.

Instead, they would occupy.

(More at the link.)

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BofA settlement may be pushing more into foreclosure

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/story/2011-09-23/bofa-foreclosures/50532364/1

Updated 9/23/2011 9:14 PM

NEW YORK – It's no secret that Bank of America wants to put its mortgage-related woes behind it. But it appears that a key $8.5 billion settlement with large investors is playing a role in pushing many more people into foreclosures.

(snip)

Now a preliminary analysis reveals the largest escalation of foreclosures came from Bank of America (BAC). Just in California, default notices sent by Bank of America soared 96% in August from the previous month.

The dramatic rise is particularly evident in certain California towns and cities. For instance, notices surged 95% in Fresno and 76% in Sacramento.

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To Save Their Home, Van Nuys Family Joins With Activists To Erect 'Fort Hernandez'

http://laist.com/2012/09/25/fort_hernandez.php#photo-1

As of August 2012, one in every 681 American homes is in foreclosure, according to RealtyTrac. Statistics show about 4 million families lost homes to foreclosure since the start of the crisis in December 2007, and millions more are in danger. According to RealtyTrac, there are hundreds of homes in the Hernandez's ZIP code in the foreclosure process.

The housing crisis and ensuing economic fallout rolled back hard-won progress for Latino and black communities, draining untold wealth from neighborhoods. Van Nuys is roughly 60 percent Latino, according to a 2009 Los Angeles Times survey. A 2010 study by the Center for Responsible Lending showed black and Latino families were specifically vulnerable to predatory loans. They were a whopping 70 percent more likely to suffer foreclosure than whites.

"All their wealth was in their homes," said Occupier Esho Funi. "There's no wealth left in those neighborhoods, and these families are less likely to fight back."

In the meantime, the federal government used $700 billion in public funds to rescue banks who'd given out the failing home loans.

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Documentation of police intimidation of Fort Hernandez, and an open letter to LAPD questioning why:

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#FortHernandez
Check us out on rt tonight. exclusive behind the barricade

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Bank of America’s Settlements: $29 Billion Since 2009

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/09/28/bank-of-americas-settlements-29-billion-since-2009/?industry=IND_BANKING&isub=

Bank of America has reached what is being called the largest settlement for a financial-crisis shareholder class-action lawsuit.

Today’s $2.43 billion payment to shareholders that alleged the bank had hidden losses at Merrill Lynch from bank shareholders voting on the acquisition, which closed the first day of 2009. The bank continues to deny the allegations.

The pact becomes the latest in a rather long list of settlements the bank has reached over various mortgage, securities actions and customer lawsuits since 2009. Not all of the money has been in direct penalties and damages, some is aid the bank agrees to give to borrowers.

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Occupy Portland
TODAY AT 2PM: Another brave Portland community member is moving back into their home and refusing to be evicted. Converge at NE 9TH & ALBERTA to join the fight against the predatory, capitalist banks that prey on our communities! PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO & SHOW UP IN SUPPORT!

Food will be served at the reclaimed home. Some childcare provided.

*This action not organized by Occupy Portland*

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Judge James L Shumate Orders Halt to Bank of America Foreclosures in Utah

http://bankinghorrorstories.com/?p=918 (2010)

June 5, 2010 – A court order issued by Fifth District Court Judge James L. Shumate May 22, 2010 in St. George, Utah has stopped all foreclosure proceedings in the State of Utah by Bank of America Corporation; Recontrust Company, N.A; Home Loans Serving, LP; Bank of America, FSB;www.envisionlawfirm.com. The Court Order if allowed to become permanent will force Bank of America and other mortgage companies with home loans in Utah to adhere to the Utah laws requiring lenders to register in the state and have offices where home owners can negotiate face-to-face with their lenders as the state lawmakers intended (Utah Code ‘ 57-1-21(1)(a)(i).). Telephone calls by KCSG News for comment to the law office of Bank of America counsel Sean D. Muntz and Amir Shlesinger, Esq. of Reed Smith, LLP, Los Angeles, CA and Richard Ensor, Esq. of Vantus Law Group, Salt Lake City, UT were not returned.

The lawsuit filed by John Christian Barlow, a former Weber State University student who graduated from Loyola University of Chicago and receive his law degree from one of the most distinguished private a law colleges in the nation, Willamette University founded in 1883 at Salem, Oregon has drawn the ire of the high brow Bank of America attorney and lawyers of the law firm of Reed Smith, LLP, the 15th largest law firm in the world, according to their website.

Barlow said Bank of America claims because it’s a national chartered institution, state laws are trumped, or not applicable to the bank. That was before the case was brought before Judge Shumate who read the petition, supporting case history and the state statute asking for an injunctive relief hearing filed by Barlow. The judge felt so strongly about the case before him, he issued the preliminary injunction order without a hearing halting the foreclosure process. The attorneys for Bank of America promptly filed to move the case to federal court to avoid having to deal with the judge who is not unaccustomed to high profile cases and has a history of watching out for the “little people” and citizen’s rights.

(More at the link.)

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Gee.

When you visit

http://foreclosures.bankofamerica.com/

You'll see that the most foreclosures are in the poorer areas of town:

http://realestatecenter.bankofamerica.com/pages/map-search

Racist much, classist much, Bank of America?

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William Gagan is currently being held as a political prisoner @ the Van Nuys Police Department. After responding to gun shots near #FortHernadez, LAPD arrested the journalist for filming the incident. SHAME ON LAPD!!

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William is free, has recovered the video LAPD erased, and is searching for a good lawyer!

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LAPD and sheriffs have continued to escalate their presence and nuisance demands, hinting at plans to do a raid.

It has come to light that Bank of America has sold the fraudulently foreclosed Hernandez home to Mellon. I need more information to proceed on this thread.

All power to Fort Hernandez!

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Although Mellon bank are said to now "own" the home, Bank of America has just contacted Fort Hernandez denying a loan modification and stating intention to follow through with eviction.

"ALERT! The Hernandez family was told by Bank of America that their loan modification was denied. The bank said they are going through with the EVICTION. We are preparing for a RAID on the Hernandez Home. We are requesting supporters to come to La Familia Hernandez...WE NEED EYES AND HEARS TO BE WITNESSES when the police show up to EVICT AND ARREST US! PLEASE SPREAD WIDELY! ALL POWER!!!
Call Bank of America to voice your disgust for their refusal to work with the Hernandez family to save their home. Call Debra Haber 1-877-471-4367 ex. 034581. Her supervisor Karen Arakelian 213-345-2684. "

Cops have begun showing up in numbers against the home (as if there were any actual crime in the area to which they might instead attend).

https://www.facebook.com/OccupyFortHernandez?ref=ts&fref=ts

(you may need to clip everything in the link after "FortHernandez&quot

ATTENTION BROTHERS AND SISTERS! BOA has refused the loan mod, the sheriffs can come to evict as of today. If you are a supporter of #FortHernandez we need you here, now!
If you can not be here, please call BOA and demand they work with the modify the Hernandez family loan,
Debra Haber
1-877-471-4367 ext#03451
Karen Arakelian
213-345-2684
WE ARE PEACEFUL AND UNARMED, and will defend this house till the end.
ALL POWER TO ALL PEOPLE, and peace to you, if you are willing to fight for it

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#FortHernandez needs massive solidarity tonight as the raid looms. Check out the online newsletter:

http://createsend.com/t/j-DCA07484FF7A504B

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My understanding is that the Hernandez family were tricked into stopping their payments in order to qualify for a loan modification after the housing bubble burst, sending their payments up.

http://landing.newsinc.com/ktla/video.html?freewheel=91045&sitesection=ktla&VID=23843028

LAPD have made arrests of those entering/leaving the area and in one case, for recording them (which is perfectly legal and in one ruling, the basis for lawsuit). "Inspectors" have been nosing around, taking photos because the bank has just said they will not give a modification and intend to evict.

Police and sheriffs are the bank's private army. Note that they do not evict and arrest those engaging in the fraudulent foreclosure machine!

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[phasma ex machina]

1. Note: homeowner is a euphemism for bank. Serfs only become homeowners after they pay off their loan.

[tama]

2. Cubans were given ownership of their homes

by the socialist revolution that considers home a basic human right. The home ownership was not to be used as market commodity, but as said, human right. Latest I hear is that now they are thinking about allowing homes to be sold on market, which looking at situation in America, does not sound like the smartest move.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. San Fernando Valley! I wonder what street that's on.

[madamesilverspurs]

4. Bank of Americaisapockettobepicked

I'll keep telling on them until they are put out of business.

BofA stole $25K from a disabled young man who had been saving for many years. Because of his son's disabilities, the dad remained as co-signer after the son reached the age of majority.

When the parents hit a rough patch during the economic downturn they had to deal with a foreclosure. BofA took the foreclosed home AND the contents of the son's savings account. Because they could.

Bank of America has no problem stealing from people with disabilities. Keep it in mind.


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[Doremus]

5. K&R

[Mnemosyne]

6. Did rMoney say something stupid? Where are the voices? Thanks FWWM. K&R

Wow, as I wrote this, humans showed up!

I'm a dumbass, didn't refresh.

[xchrom]

7. Du rec. Nt

[L0oniX]

8. Please use the proper name. It's "SKANK of America". Thank you.

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12. :)

[sarcasmo]

13. +1

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9. Added Bank of America shame story to OP and apropos music video.

Last edited Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:23 AM - Edit history (1)

BofA launches 2nd round of bulk foreclosure sales

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10. Added BofA horror story to OP.

Beloved DC Pastor Fights Eviction; Occupy Our Homes DC Pressing Bank of America for Justice

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11. Added BofA horror story to OP.

Banks' Disorganization Pushed 800,000 Homeowners Into Unnecessary Foreclosure: ProPublica

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14. Added BofA horror story to the OP.

Homeowners, advocates want bank reps jailed for foreclosure fraud

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15. "Child services" attempts entry into Fort Hernandez at 12:04 AM. Added Wall St. horror story.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Child Protection Services Intrude #FortHernandez

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16. Added BofA horror story to OP.

Bank of America denies employee loan modification horror story

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17. Added story to OP: Fort Hernandez will be the cover story of this week's LA Weekly!

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18. Added BofA story to OP:

Bank of America reportedly plans to cut 16,000 jobs

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19. Fort Hernandez under increasing police pressure:

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Fort Hernandez has been under popo surveillance all day...they have been posted on the corner watching the house. One of our folks who have just left was pulled over...we have people go to where they have the sister pulled over. Please spread wide.

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Sister Dara is, right now being harassed by 10 police officers around the corner by Lucky's, after being pulled over for a routine traffic stop. It's sad that those sworn to protect and serve the people are so eager to oppress them. We should be able to expect more from those who we pay to protect us. Yet another sad and embarrassing day for the LAPD and those they are supposed to serve.

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21. Thanks for helping real people FWWM. Where are our Representatives?

The reason they are becoming bolder again is because of the collapse of the two cases, one in Nevada, I believe, which gave us hope that finally some of these criminals would pay for their crimes.

Not sure if you remember, but when the deal was made with the States Attorneys and the NY US Attorney finally signed on, people wanted to be sure that this agreement would NOT protect them from prosecution and would not interfere with the two cases already filed for Foreclosure Fraud. We were assured this was the case, and people looked away.

We should know better. You have to watch them like the roaches they are because they never, ever give up.

The main witness in the most important case which we hoped would be the example for all the others to follow, committed suicide. She was the Prosecutions main case.

I had not followed that story, assuming we would hear about it when it finally went to court. Instead, I just found out that both cases are now gone. Once again the bad guys win.

And now they feel emboldened. They are untouchable. Until we the people finally have had enough.

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24. "Until we the people finally have had enough."

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Absolutely. The combined voice of the people, saying NO! is what it takes. If any reading wish to help, please post this story on your facebook or twitter or reddit, etc. Please spread the message far and wide. They have us divided; we CAN unite in saying NO! to the horrible, family-destroying problems we face in this country. We've already done so to ALEC and Rush Limbaugh (WHO? HAHAHA). We can do it again. Spreading the story agitates. Contacting the bank and the media about this lets them know WE will not take it anymore. That's what solidarity is; saying YES together to what we know is good for us, and saying NO together to what harms us and must be changed. You don't have to march in the street. Posting this to Los Angeles media facebook pages is a great start. Posting it to BofA pages is even better.

The more attention and pressure they feel, the more chance they will scurry back under their poisonous rock and leave our homes to their owners! Occupy Fights Foreclosures just beat the banks again yesterday, saving a family's home out in Anaheim (where over 700 homes are targeted by banks). Story in the Activism->Occupy Underground forum.

Thank so much sabrina 1. This =is= about people. Just because we many not have been hit personally does not mean it cannot happen as this illegal foreclosure engine rolls along uncontested. Thankfully, contesting it is as easy as adding your voice to this thread, just a K&R, so Bank of America will see it. And keep seeing it. Thank you all.

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20. K & R

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22. Reblogged in the OP via Steve Gelder: These are the ABC's of the Banking Scandal

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23. +1: "The top 1% is buying up all the real estate.”

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25. Added an entire blog of BofA horror stories to the OP.

A blog filled with Bank of America horror stories

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26. Not to blogwhore (but I'm shamelessly blogwhoring)

but Wells Fargo is topping my suck-list lately.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021400466

Blood-sucking bastards, participating in killing a friend of mind.

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28. I have as many stories about We're Felons as I do about Bad for America. You are welcome

and I am so sorry about your friend...

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27. kick

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29. Added 2010 BofA horror story to the OP, indicative of the start of this trend.

Another Bank of America Horror Story?

"Post bailout, the giant banks have become too large to manage themselves."

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30. Health dept. came out to harass Fort Hernandez; added the info, causes a Kick.

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31. Added internet petition to save the Hernandez home and another BofA horror story!

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Help Save the Hernandez Home: Stop Illegal Foreclosures!

Bank of America faces federal complaint for how it maintains bank-owned homes in minority neighborhoods

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32. Added BofA horror story to the OP along with a note on how banks profit from betting against us.

My Personal Bank of America Horror Story (video)

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33. Fort Hernandez are the cover story on the LA Weekly!

Dang, extremely little Fort Hernandez content, and it excludes the fact that BofA tricked them into taking a loan modification by stopping payments...then selling the home in foreclosure during that time!

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34. Added foreclosure horror story to the OP!

BofA settlement may be pushing more into foreclosure

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35. Added LAist article on the racism of foreclosure and $700 billion of our money to banks.

To Save Their Home, Van Nuys Family Joins With Activists To Erect 'Fort Hernandez'

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36. Added video of police intimidation used against Fort Hernandez, open letter to LAPD:

Documentation of police intimidation of Fort Hernandez, and an open letter to LAPD questioning why

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37. Fort Hernandez on RT tonight; Added $29 billion BofA settlements since 2009 story

Bank of America’s Settlements: $29 Billion Since 2009

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38. Added BofA story: Judge James L Shumate Orders Halt to Bank of America Foreclosures in Utah

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39. Added link to map of Bank of America foreclosures in the Los Angeles area (read: Poor areas)

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40. Livestreamer arrested and released; police presence increasing...Mellon bank now "own" the home.

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41. BofA denies loan modification, states intention to evict, police numbers in area increasing.

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42. Added online statement regarding imminent raid.

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43. KTLA video added. Police are snooping around preparing for a raid.