24 protesters arrested outside Chase bank [Press Release]

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24 protesters arrested outside Chase bank

Dallas, TX, Oct. 24, 2011 – 24 members of OccupyDallas were arrested today outside of Chase when they locked arms in front of the bank and refused to move. Protesters and supporters of the Occupy movement entered the bank to close their accounts. Throughout the past week, several hundred people in the Dallas area have signed the petition requesting account closures.
The OccupyDallas movement prepares to begin its fourth week on Thursday and this marks the first time Dallas Police have moved in to arrest protesters. While others held signs and chanted slogans protesting the influence of corporate greed on the legislative process in Washington D.C., two dozen protesters sat down in front of the entrance to the bank and locked arms. They formed a barricade three rows thick and ignored demands from police to move out of the way. After a final warning, police began arresting protesters and took them to the Lew Sterrett jail downtown. Members of OccupyDallas followed and sat outside the prison to await their fellow occupiers release.
For more information, contact Michael Prestonise at 214-293-0548 or news@occupydallas.org. More information, including additional multimedia content, can also be found at www.occupydallas.org.

The OccupyDallas movement began Thursday, Oct 6 with a march from Pike Park to the Federal Reserve building. Over 1,000 people gathered to protest corporate greed and money influencing the government. The movement currently has more than 120 members occupying City Hall Park in downtown, with hundreds more joining in daily for marches to various corporations and banks throughout the city. The movement stands in solidarity with similar Occupy movements happening across the nation and the world, including the original Occupy Wall Street protest that featured tens of thousands of marchers and continues to grow.

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24 protesters arrested outside Chase bank

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So happened that Anna was hanging out at Chase Tower earlier today awaiting Occupy Dallasites who said they were going to parade, two by two, into the bank to close their accounts and transfer their dough into a credit union. Which is why Anna was joined by two very bored Highway Patrol officers and an elderly security guard on a Rascal. Problem is, the OD'ers never made it that far: About a dozen were arrested moments ago at Main and Akard, outside a Chase branch. At least, that's the number given to Anna by two of the Occupiers who stayed behind.

WFAA says the number's closer to 20, but Dallas PD is being a little more tight-lipped at the moment: Public information officer Sherri Jeffrey just told Anna people were arrested, but didn't want to say how many. "We don't to speculate and be wrong," added Lt. J.S. Walton. Seven police cars are still on the scene, along with two protestors waving signs.

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The "Occupy" movement has crept into cities across the United States, and so has the criticism that they have no uniform goal.
Occupy Dallas has not escaped this critique.

While the complaints of the protesters in Dallas vary, they all share a common theme: corporate greed and the silencing of regular Americans. They also share a common timeline in that they don't have one.

Cordell Cameron, who runs OccupyDallas.org and frequently blogs on the site, said he feels the criticism is unfounded."When people here can't articulate a legitimate solution to the problems, they say ‘you are ignorant, you don't know what you are doing out here and you are about nothing,'" he said.

"My point is that it's not the people's responsibility to do that, it's the politician's job. People should be expressing their grievances here and the politicians should be listening and coming up with solutions."

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