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Mon Oct-17-11 12:58 PM
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| 20. exactly, the headlines were saying "people arrested for closing their accounts" and that is NOT |
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what happened.
the people were arrested for holding a teach-in inside the bank, and when asked to stop, they didn't.
99 times out of 100, those people will get arrested.
the truth is they were NOT getting arrested for closing their accounts. bad reporting. misleading headlines.
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| -What went wrong with the Citiback arrests (my perspective). |
garybeck |
Oct-17-11 11:08 AM |
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That report says that a few of the protesters left when they were asked to... |
Eric J in MN |
Oct-17-11 11:14 AM |
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"During this second speech we were asked to leave by management, but chose to keep on talking." |
garybeck |
Oct-17-11 11:20 AM |
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"When we were asked to leave by management, she and a few others walked out." |
Eric J in MN |
Oct-17-11 11:33 AM |
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again, a couple people walking out doesn't make up for the fact that |
garybeck |
Oct-17-11 11:39 AM |
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There was only one request to stop, according to that report. |
Eric J in MN |
Oct-17-11 11:44 AM |
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I'm not saying the police handled it well. I'm saying that |
garybeck |
Oct-17-11 12:04 PM |
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Mr Graybeck |
lsewpershad |
Oct-17-11 12:33 PM |
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what does that have to do with this particular incident? |
garybeck |
Oct-17-11 12:56 PM |
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If they had the teach-in on the sidewalk, they could have been arrested for... |
Eric J in MN |
Oct-17-11 03:20 PM |
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Duplicate NT |
Eric J in MN |
Oct-17-11 11:14 AM |
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Another voice of reason. |
randome |
Oct-17-11 11:23 AM |
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oh yeah, |
hfojvt |
Oct-17-11 11:31 AM |
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just make sure, at your peace sleep-in, that you keep your clothes on |
garybeck |
Oct-17-11 11:37 AM |
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hey, I happen to have an excellent Martian butt |
hfojvt |
Oct-17-11 12:00 PM |
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Here's what I don't get. Why don't banks act HONESTLY? The jerks realize that... |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Oct-17-11 11:42 AM |
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I think you answered your own question. |
FiveGoodMen |
Oct-17-11 11:49 AM |
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I just somehow thought even the greedy had a few brain cells. Clearly not. nt |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Oct-17-11 11:55 AM |
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Right. |
randome |
Oct-17-11 12:07 PM |
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'...These people were asking to be arrested...' |
Iggo |
Oct-17-11 11:59 AM |
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Thanks. Previous threads on this made it sound like they were waiting quietly in line, |
Nye Bevan |
Oct-17-11 12:52 PM |
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exactly, the headlines were saying "people arrested for closing their accounts" and that is NOT |
garybeck |
Oct-17-11 12:58 PM |
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Yeah I get it. Maybe they were asking to get arrested. They got what they wanted, and the bank is |
thereismore |
Oct-17-11 01:44 PM |
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I don't think they wanted to be arrested. |
Eric J in MN |
Oct-17-11 03:42 PM |
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