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St. Louis SWAT Team Preventing People From Making Withdrawals From BoA

Started by kingyak, October 12, 2011, 06:28:43 PM

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kingyak

October 12, 2011, 06:28:43 PM
Don't know jack about the site linked from, but nothing about it immediately screams "bullshit!" Anybody seen any corroboration that this is authentic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db_P0wHsSz0&feature=share
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."-HST

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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October 12, 2011, 06:48:26 PM
Quote from: kingyak on October 12, 2011, 06:28:43 PM
Don't know jack about the site linked from, but nothing about it immediately screams "bullshit!" Anybody seen any corroboration that this is authentic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db_P0wHsSz0&feature=share

This is old news, and yes, it happened.

"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Cramulus

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October 12, 2011, 06:52:09 PM
first I've heard about it!

was there ever an official statement about this?

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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October 12, 2011, 06:57:11 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on October 12, 2011, 06:52:09 PM
first I've heard about it!

was there ever an official statement about this?

It's been an ongoing issue for about two months... and no, I have seen neither a statement nor any media coverage of it. Citibank, however, has released a statement that there could be a 7-day delay on withdrawals, which I don't think is technically legal but hell, these guys own America, they'll do what they want.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Doktor Howl

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October 12, 2011, 07:00:05 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2011, 06:57:11 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on October 12, 2011, 06:52:09 PM
first I've heard about it!

was there ever an official statement about this?

It's been an ongoing issue for about two months... and no, I have seen neither a statement nor any media coverage of it. Citibank, however, has released a statement that there could be a 7-day delay on withdrawals, which I don't think is technically legal but hell, these guys own America, they'll do what they want.

That's pretty much a guaranteed way to cause a run on a bank, isn't it?  I mean, maybe I'm taking crazy pills or something, but that's about the dumbest thing a bank can do.
Molon Lube

Cramulus

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October 12, 2011, 07:00:27 PM
has this been going on outside of the protest epicenters? or does this only happen when an angry mob armed with megaphones assembles outside of a bank?

I can totally see why riot police would stop the bloodthirsty crowds from going into a bank

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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October 12, 2011, 07:09:49 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on October 12, 2011, 07:00:27 PM
has this been going on outside of the protest epicenters? or does this only happen when an angry mob armed with megaphones assembles outside of a bank?

I can totally see why riot police would stop the bloodthirsty crowds from going into a bank



It's only when it's in the form of an organized protest. It's still technically illegal.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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October 12, 2011, 07:10:35 PM
(The mob wasn't exactly bloodthirsty; they just planned to go withdraw at once as a form of protest.)
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Cramulus

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October 12, 2011, 07:30:04 PM
just playing devil's advocate - I can see how the outraged crowd chanting in unison might go totally apeshit once they got inside the institution they are enraged about. All it takes is the first guy in line getting some push-back from the teller and the shit would hit the fan. And after the tasmanian devil is out of the bag, it'll be really hard to get the protesters back out of the bank again without force.

The event makes a really kickass soundbyte though.

Cain

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October 12, 2011, 07:30:30 PM
As far as banks are concerned, that is bloodthirsty.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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October 12, 2011, 07:39:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 12, 2011, 07:30:30 PM
As far as banks are concerned, that is bloodthirsty.

True.

The nice thing is, the fact that the banks are resisting means they're worried.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

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