Occupy Wall Street Update: Protesters storm Citibank (video)
October 15, 2011-New York, New York
According to reports by the New York Police Department, protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement stormed a Citibank in New York causing a disruption. A spokesperson for Citibank released a public statement, saying that as a result of the protesters, they resorted to calling 911.
The public statement is as follows, “”A large amount of protesters entered our branch at 555 La Guardia Place around 2:00 PM today. They were very disruptive and refused to leave after being repeatedly asked, causing our staff to call 911. The Police asked the branch staff to close the branch until the protesters could be removed. Only one person asked to close an account and was accommodated.”
More than 70 people have been arrested throughout the day; approximately 24 protesters were arrested due to the Citibank incident.
Huffington Post reporter Tyler Kingkade captured amazing video, in crystal clear clarity of the protests. You may see Kingkade’s video report in the player below.
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I’ll believe Citi Bank’s version of the story when they release unedited surveillance video footage of the incident they claim took place in their bank. The bank is also going to have one hell of a time making a case that these people were trespassing when there is an article that shows that CitiBank invited protestors to come to their bank. I’m sure the lawyers for the people who were arrested will demand to see video surveillance footage and hopefully the will use the invitation by Citigroup as part of their defense that protestors were invited.