Bank of America

Marches, students and nurses

adamg — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:45:55 +0000

On march through Downtown Crossing. Photo by Jeff Tamagini. More.

Occupy Boston almost had its first arrests Wednesday. Marchers moved out from Dewey Square and surrounded the Bank of America headquarters on Federal Street (where 24 had been arrested in a different protest on Friday). They began to lock hands around the entrances. Police called in prisoner transport wagons. And then, they broke for a bite to eat. Protesters also demonstrated outside Goldman Sachs offices on High Street:

Criminal charges dropped against would-be Bank of America occupiers

adamg — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:42:59 +0000

The Suffolk County District Attorney's office today dropped misdemeanor trespassing charges against 24 people who tried to stage a sit-in at Bank of America's Massachusetts headquarters as a protest against its lending and foreclosure policies on Friday.

"The Commonwealth makes this recommendation based on the peaceful nature of the protest and the non-confrontational manner of their interactions with police," Assistant District Attorney Susan Terrey said in Boston Municipal Court today.

The change, accepted by the protesters, ranging in age from 19 to 68, means none will face a criminal record as a result of the protest, organized by Take Back Boston, a coalition of local and national groups that also staged a weekend protest in Dorchester.

24 arrested at Bank of America protest

adamg — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:09:35 +0000

BPD Supt. William Evans made one of the first arrests.

The protesters were taken away from the bank's Federal Street building when they attempted a sit-in as a protest against the bank's lending and foreclosure policies.

The six who I saw arrested at the bank's front entrance went peacefully when police asked them to stand and hag plastic restraints put on. The six had taken up position in groups of two at the doors. Boston Police Superintendent William Evans made the first arrest.

Some 1,500 people participated in the protest, organizers of Take Back Boston say.

Mystery Pill took this video:

Dewey Square takeover might be the smaller protest on Friday: Bank of America targeted for afternoon sit-in

adamg — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:39:59 +0000

As the Occupy Boston forces gear up to occupy the space in front of South Station on Friday, participants in another protest will be marching around the Financial District - before settling down for a sit-in at Bank of America's Massachusetts headquarters on Federal Street.

Take Back Boston says it will have as many as 1,000 people in a march that starts at 3:30 p.m. at the Parkman Bandstand on the Common. The protest march will visit Verizon, embroiled in a contract dispute with workers, Hyatt, which fired those 100 workers, NStar and Fidelity before arriving at Federal Street, where 40 of the protesters - many people from Dorchester who have lost their homes to foreclosure - will stage a sit-in. In a statement, organizers say:

They take out the trash - and leave it on bank president's front steps

adamg — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:15:57 +0000

Malden Patch reports foreclosure protesters gathered up trash from a foreclosed Malden house they say Bank of America has let go to hell, then took it over to the Beacon Hill home of the president of the bank's Massachusetts division and dumped it there.

Red Line not only thing that stopped working today: Bank of America computer systems are down

adamg — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:25:41 +0000

Max Silver reports:

Scary - all Bank of America systems in Boston area are down. No account management possible.

USuncut takes action against Bank of America in Harvard Square

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:42:26 +0000

"We won't pay for your crisis"

If you have $3 in your wallet, you have more money than Bank of America paid in corporate taxes last year. On Saturday, USuncut took peaceful action against the Bank of America branch in Harvard Square by protesting the unfair tax code and drawing attention to that fact this ginourmous Bank of America happily profits from taxpayer-funded bailouts and banking business but avoids paying almost anything in Federal taxes.

Need some proof Bank of America sucks?

adamg — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:09:57 +0000

Christine provides some.

If we let you photograph those flowers, the terrorists have won

adamg — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:59 +0000

Guy taking macro shots of tulips in front of a Bank of America branch downtown is ordered to stop by a bank rent-a-cop.

Bank of America becomes even more impossible to deal with

adamg — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:11:17 +0000

Paul Levy reports on the tsouris he is having thanks to a Bank of America ATM in Newton Centre that ate both his ATM card and the checks he was attempting to deposit.

He follows up with a post on his travails with a Bank of America rep who contacted him via Twitter.

Jamaica Plain can no longer bank on farmer's market

adamg — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:40:56 +0000

Word reaches us that Bank of America has told Stillman's Farms it can't use the bank parking lot off Centre Street for its farmer's markets this year:

... So, we are searching for a new location to have our market as well as our CSA drop. This year we have some Hmong farmers joining the market, as well as some local bakers. We are holding out a little hope that the community of JP can persuade the bank to allow us to return. We encourage anyone who feels like it, to politely ask the bank to reconsider. We have always felt they were very generous in the past, so we are not sure what changed after all these years. Meanwhile, we will look for another location nearby. If you have any connections, or thoughts, please get back to us as soon as possible. Let's try to solve this together. ...

The market had taken place there for more than 10 years - dating back to Bank of Boston days.

Guarded condition

adamg — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:24:24 +0000

Steve S. gets that real secure feeling when he notices the armed security guard asleep at the Bank of America kiosk - and he explains why, in the end, he decided not to knock over the bank.

What do you call four environmentalists chained to a Bank of America branch in Copley Square?

adamg — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:50:48 +0000

No, there's no punchline:

... But by 10 a.m., dozens of police had surrounded the bank and were waiting for equipment to cut through the chains and the bicycle lock looped through the door and around one protester's neck. ...

The story also raises that perennial question: Is Copley Square part of downtown?

Breaking noose: Case dismissed against Bank of America protester

adamg — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:41:40 +0000

Milan Kohut had been charged with peddling without a license when police objected to him standing outside a Financial District branch of the Bank of America with a pile of nooses and a sign reading "Nooses on sale."

On Friday, a Boston Municipal Court judge dismissed the charges, the Dig reports. Kohut had argued he was making a political comment about the mortgage crisis, not actually trying to sell downtown workers a way to hang themselves. He's now asking for his nooses back.

Bank Crap

Barbara Diamond — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:47:09 +0000

This deserves exactly what the photo says it deserves!