ATLANTA, Nov. 17,
2011, 2:15 p.m.
- Occupy Atlanta today hit a popular
bank chain with chants and leaflets about the institution's level of
foreclosures and other financial mismanagement concerns, according
to a spokesman.Occupy Atlanta's Tim Franzen,
said the group hit Wells Fargo branches at Atlantic Station and Marietta
Street, telling customers that the bank leads the nation in
foreclosures and was "complicit in the banking collapse of 2008."
Franzen said the banks were
caught flat-footed and
tellers looked "bewildered."
"Right after everybody left, one person asked,
'Are those the retards from the park?'" he said. "And
immediately the customer confronted her and another defended what we
were doing."
The group held an impromptu protest at the two
banks on the way to a larger protest at Courtland Bridge, where nine
protesters were arrested for obstructing the flow of traffic,
according to an Occupy Atlanta spokesman. The group has another protest at Home Depot at 6 p.m.
The protests come as Occupy Atlanta early this
morning, placed 30
protesters at Freedom Park. They have twice been evicted from
Woodruff Park for closing-time violations.
