The Occupy Oakland protesters who picketed a downtown Wells Fargo Bank last week, breaking windows and spray painting messages, deposited $20,000 at another branch Wednesday.
Scratching 99 percent of your head? So are Occupy supporters and detractors.
The Oakland camp sought Wednesday to defend voting to put its largest donation into the same big bank that they have railed against since pitching their tents in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza more than a month ago.
The choice of bank has the Twittersphere abuzz and created a rift among some supporters, who call it PR suicide and sleeping with the enemy, especially since the group last week urged people to withdraw their money from big banks.
Tweeted one Occupy supporter: “I can see the ad now: ‘People’s money is so safe here at Wells Fargo, even our sworn enemies use us for their banking needs!’ “
Read More at mercurynews.com By Matthias Gafni, MercuryNews.com
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When I read this earlier in the day at another news source, I was ROTFLMAO literally!. Not only for the deposit to a Bank that they hate, but that someone is stupid enough to give these people money. They are mostly homeless people that are on the streets MOSTLY from there own accord. The word is out to all the homeless that they will get a nice tent and free food that is better than the shelter. I know that's mean and some are really really as mad as I am with this countries situation. But to give money to a group that is planing to stay and occupy until 2025 is just plain stupid. Yep one of the groups have voted to stay until 2025, they have also made their own little government to decide what to do with money and control the message. I give these people until the first 20 degree night and the wind is blowing at about 30 MPH and people start getting sick or dying from exposure.
I do love the wintertime dont you? Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow. HAHAHAHHA
Right on Ern!!! I've been praying for 10 below zero wx there!! Amazing, when they cut off FREE FOOD…the protesters threw urine and feces at the food stands…they want government support from cradle to grave, but government cannot…they run out of other peoples money!! Like little kids, expecting others to even feed them!! IDIOTS!!!
The protesters are a bunch of hypocrites who are being funded, in part, by George Soros. He sure doesn't want them to starve when they have an important job to do for his puppet in the White House. These protests and riots all over the country were planned so Obama can declare martial sometime between now and November 2012 and do away with the elections to guarantee the continuation of his presidency. George Soros is an 83-year-old goat who needs to do the world a huge favor and die.
WELL .. at least Wells-Fargo now knows they have 5 digits in the bank to PAY for the damage to the building … (so .. needless to say .. IF I was Wells-Fargo .. I'd have toot-sweet gone to the courts and filed to collect the damage from that deposit made!)