Occupy Provo, a break off from Occupy Wall Street, hit the streets once again to raise awareness about corporate greed. This weekend they did an all day demonstration outside of Zion's Bank.
Passing cars honked their horns in support for the group of about 11 protesters, who stood bundled up in scarves and coats to protect themselves from the cold winter breeze.
“ I wanted to get involved while there were this many people uniting for a good cause,” said Shae Willes, an Occupy Provo Protester. “I don’t think it matters what the specific goals of the group are. It is more important that there are this many people that realize there is a problem and are speaking out.”
Sergeant Befendorfer, of the Provo Police Department mentioned that he was not too worried about the protest because it looked like it was the same group of protesters who peacefully demonstrated at Wells Fargo Bank last Saturday.When asked if he was going to keep an eye on the protest, Befendorfer responded, "We'll just have people drive by once in a while."
Due to no available manager on site, Zion's Bank was unable to give a statement. However, a Zion’s Bank employee said that the manager should be back to work on Monday.
Occupy Provo decided Saturday evening at their General Assembly that they will be demonstrating Representative Jason Chaffetz and Senator Orrin Hatch's office at Center St and University Avenue in downtown Provo this coming Saturday.
1 comments:
I hope that before the business is setup, there is relationship banking where bankers and clients met. Hope that the issue will be settled.
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