Seven Occupy protesters arrested in Minneapolis U.S. Bank protest

This fiasco made many people including myself miss their buses this afternoon due to those who thought it was a good idea to block traffic downtown on the very avenue where all the buses run out of downtown. Could someone explain what was gained by blocking traffic? I suppose nobody cared or thought about how their actions affect anyone else. I won’t mention the irony of that but I hope it was worth it.

I witnessed the “smashing” of the tent. Pulling the plastic off and collapsing the barely held together 1x2s is far from smashing. Support basic tenets but you are gaining any fans with the commuters missing their busses and over-exaggeration.

[...] The Minnesota Independent - about 100 supporting protesters [...]

Thanks OccupyMinnesota for standing up for the rest of us. The banks and mortgage co took our home without making any concessions. Their greed and disregard for honest, hard-working customers who have paid them hundreds of thousands of dollars is what is harming our country. I am grateful to you for giving our concerns a voice while I work my butt off to pay our debts.

Wait… so you’re going to do something that you know you’ll be arrested for if you’re caught to protest people who’ve done things that they knew they’d be arrested for if they got caught?

Keep it classy, Occupiers. Take the high ground here.

Cory, I think you’re referring to the final dismantling of the tents. The first tent was grabbed and broken into a number of pieces when the protesters first entered the intersection.

Eric H, I can’t tell if you’re incoherent or clueless. There’s not even a way to respond to that. Maybe instead of attempting to be snarky, you could learn something about the issue.

This is so stupid, pointless and aggressive. I hate protests; they accomplish nothing except making people frustrated. If you have so much spare time to stand around chanting obnoxious phrases over and over and over and over, go do something POSITIVE that HELPS PEOPLE!!!!!!!! ARGGGGHHH

[...] Occupy protesters arrested in Minneapolis U.S. Bank protest. In an action that resulted in seven arrests, Occupy Wall Street protesters in Minneapolis Thursday took their [...]

I was worried the movement would degenerate into something like this. Unfortunately, this is going to turn off a lot of people, including me. It’s to freeking cold here to occupy a street corner through the winter. It’s ok to call it off until spring. That would show way more strength and maturity then effectively ending support for your cause for media attention and annoying the cops. Civil disobediance only works if you are breaking unfair laws. Our right to protest should be protected, but this kind of attention is the worst kind.

Eric F:

I’m trying to say exactly what I said. Take the high ground.

I think the ‘occupation’ of public areas and daily marches is all the civil disobedience that should be attempted. Risk getting arrested for common-sense stuff and you risk hurting the image of the movement. Overly aggressive police are one thing. Tresspassing on private property is another.

I don’t think ‘getting arrested at them’ is the best way to make the banks listen to the message.

My perception of the “Occupy” people is a mass of some ignorant, some lazy, and some determined socialists and communists. The ignorant don’t realize that a lot of what has happened with the banks was the result of government regulations (Thanks to Barney Frank et al). The lazy don’t want to be responsible for their own student loans or expect to trade their mommies and daddies giving them everything for the government (us taxpayers) giving them everything. And if you want communism or socialism, just get out of the USA and move to a country where you can enjoy yourselves. No matter how many times socialism or communism has been tried, it just doesn’t work. There is ALWAYS a privileged ruling class within socialism and communism! Let’s get back to being responsible for ourselves and get the government down to size so businesses can grow and hire. You aren’t going to make poor people richer by making rich people poorer!

These idiots don’t even think that much of the problem is individual in nature. People get huge mortgages on overpriced homes then want a free ride when they lose their job or otherwise fall on hard times. The banks are responsible as is the government, but the people who want out for free when times get hard are more so. Then they disrupt legal commerce and trade with their ignorant protests, causing loss of business income for innocent persons affected by their closing of streets, businesses etc. What a waste of time and effort that could more realistically be used to help the hurting directly with food, shelter and other support. Must be nice to have nothing better to do than cause trouble!

gloria, you are badly misinformed about the cause of the 2008 financial institution meltdown, the TARP bailout and the ongoing looting and defrauding of the public by these banksters. Just this last week, Bank of America has announced a transfer of risky derivatives to its FDIC insured affiliate, a move designed to make the taxpayers liable for its imprudent actions. At the same time it’s starting to charge consumers for using debit cards. You need to get informed, gloria and get an understanding of what occupy wall street and like sit ins are really about.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/10/bank-of-america-deathwatch-moves-risky-derivatives-from-holding-company-to-taxpayer-backstopped-depositors.html

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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” John Steinbeck. I am always amazed that there are so many people like Gloria yearn for a ruling class. As if they would like a King of America. When the idea was floated that people with bad mortgages should be bailed out, people howled, “Why should my neighbor get bailed out when I didn’t.” However, when the bailouts when to the banks, just in time to pay the executive bonuses, that didn’t outrage people until now, 3 years later. Both banks and some people with mortgages made bad decisions, but so many people are OK with US taxpayers bailing out cake eaters, but people become angry if someone, serfs,like themselves were to get a bail out. I want my government to error on the side of helping the meek and down trodden. The rich can and will help themselves. They brag that no one ever helped them. Let them show us how its done.

[...] the focus on banks. In Minnesota, Occupy Wall Street has targeted big banks for a series of demonstrations focused largely on the banks’ role in the foreclosure [...]