Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Protesters attempt raid on Wells Fargo meeting
Focus
on private jails, prisons
San
Francisco – Hundreds of protesters from the Occupy Wall Street
spinoff group, Occupy San Francisco, converged on Wells Fargo Bank
headquarters to protest the corporation's involvement with financing
privately operated prisons and jails.
Many
of the protesters had bought single shares of stock in the banking
corporation and were prepared to ask questions in order to disrupt
the annual shareholders meeting.
They
were turned away at the door.
Protesters
marched, chanting and bearing signs, from the Embarcadero on the bay
shore at the foot of California Street to the bank's corporate
headquarters several blocks away.
Their
goals: To eliminate private financing of privately operated county
jails, federal lockups and state prisons; forgiveness on the
principal of government-guaranteed student loans, a slowdown on
foreclosures of homes, and greater regulation of banking practices.
Unions
such as the Service Employees International were heavy supporters of
the march, parading with their logos emblazoned on their t-shirts.
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