Five Arrested As Occupiers in MN Successfully Defend Home from Second Eviction Attempt
Posted 12 years ago on May 25, 2012, 12:04 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
Platoons of sheriffs descended on the Cruz family home in a 4 am raid today, arresting five nonviolent supporters in the second failed eviction attempt in 48 hours. Fifty protesters mobilized to defend the home and outflanked the sheriffs by marching through the alley into backyard, causing the sheriffs to retreat without fully securing the home. Members of Occupy Homes MN remain inside the home as of 7 am this morning.
“An army of sheriffs marched in military-style and busted down the door in the dead of night,” said Ben Egerman, an organizer with Occupy Homes MN. “It’s unconscionable that Sheriff Stanek ordered the violent eviction of this home a second time, especially when he is fully aware of active negotiations between the family and the bank to resolve the situation peacefully.”
Several protesters, who had locked themselves to structures in and around the home, sustained minor injuries as sheriffs forcibly removed them from the balcony and roof with jackhammers and electric saws. The condition of arrested persons remains unknown.
Occupy Homes MN has been defending the home in a round-the-clock eviction blockade since April 30 to demand PNC Bank negotiate with the Cruz family, who fell into foreclosure when the bank failed to withdraw their online payment.
The second eviction attempt came hours after Occupy Pittsburgh delivered a giant letter to PNC Bank Executive Vice President Dan Taylor, who committed to working with the family to modify their loan.
“It’s clear that Sheriff Stanek would rather kick families out of their homes than work with our communities,” said Martha Ockenfels-Martinez of Occupy Homes. “We’re still here and we will not be moved from this home until we see a good faith negotiation.”
UPDATE: Community members will hold an emergency 12:00pm press conference and march on Sheriff Stanek's office from the steps of City Hall to denounce him for authorizing the violent eviction of the home while the family is in active negotiations with the bank to peacefully resolve the situation. They will demand he stop trying to evict the home while the bank is working to resolve the issue.
UPDATE: Sheriffs have said they will hold the arrestees until TUESDAY. Call sheriff Stanek to demand they release them IMMEDIATELY. Ask him why his deputies are evicting a family negotiating with the bank and to demand he stop these senseless attacks on our community. (612)348-3744
PLEASE see www.setoffdebt.com for much information about how to stop illegal actions of police/sheriffs in home evictions, and also how to SET OFF THE DEBT on the home for practically NO MONEY!!! Please also be aware that ANY POLICE ACTION WITHOUT A SIGNED WARRANT, signed by a judge, AFTER A CONSTITUTIONAL TRIAL, is ILLEGAL, and all involved parties can and should be held personally responsible for theft, fraud, and other crimes! Do the Sheriffs have a signed warrant? I suspect that they do not!
I just called and was forwarded to 911 because his office is closed till Tuesday at 8AM....BOOO!!
I'm thinking that taking on Minnesotans isn't the best idea for even a Minnesota based sheriff...after all, Minnesotans laugh at -40 temperatures, play in -50 degree temperatures, and for at least a couple months a year not only walk on water, but drive on it.
Humor aside, it looks like the Sheriff Dept will be paying for reparations to this family and that the bank or someone dropped the proverbial ball, given that the bank is currently in negotiations with the family and from the original post it appears the default was the bank's error not the home owner.
Go Occupy MN. If you keep this up., I may have to become a Vikings fan.
That's something else aint it? Funny thing is it hasn't made it onto the local news. Yeah assholes are every where many seem to be in uniform. Thank God for the people who will stand up for their neighbors.
It is that sense of community that we must build on DK. We all must do our part for those that are suffering most from this corrupt system. As I have said before, if we want to build a better world, we must start here. And that especially includes the people out there in the streets making the biggest sacrifices.
I am missing the OTS gathering tonight in NYC. They are celebrating a returning member of the group that went to Montreal to support the people there, and got arrested. Like i said in another post, almost everyone emailed him their support already, and I promised to buy two pitchers of beer the next time we gather for the sacrifice he made up there in Canada, and I am a teatotaler now. lol
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Your a good man. And those are good people. Enjoy your club soda and more importantly the company.
Thanks DK. Yes they are wonderful people, and I admire them all so much for their dedication and sacrifices. I always feel renewed in spirit after being with them. I think i may be getting the nickname 'gramps' soon, but I will proudly answer to it. lol
As the saying goes you can not choose the family you are born into, but you can choose your extended family. Sounds like you have a good extended family happening - Gumpa-Tor. {:-])
Yes I do. I feel very protective of them, and it probably shows in my comments here to those that like to unwarrantly criticize the young people in OWS. Odin is the father of Thor as you know, and he had two sons, Magni and Modi. I do think I would have chosen better names though. lol
LOL - my bad. Gumpa-one-eye. I would hope you would have better taste in choosing names. None of that moon-unit crap either.
What? You are not a Frank Zappa fan. I'm disappointed in you DK. :-)
AhHahaha some of the music not the naming of children though - nope not the naming of the children. {:-D
That's it.
Don't look at me. I'm wearing a Barking Pumpkin T-shirt as I type.
"Ain't No Way To Delay That Trouble Comin' Every Day"
Good boy. lol You will never grow old in spirit as long as you remain a Frank Zappa fan, 'son.' I'm going to Montanna after this is over to become a dental floss tycoon. What...no link? lol
I got an urge to go play with my flowers.......:)
Here's a recent visual interpretation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIDN1_Hg7bw
I'm impressed. That song/visual was very appropiate for this fucked-up occasion. ;-)
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Thank you.
That's a compliment coming from the likes of you - sock puppet.
Do your masters take good care of you? Blind marching you must run into a lot of walls and stuff. Do they provide you with medical coverage to take care of your boo-boos?
Or are you truly a self employed Blind Marcher?
[-] 0 points by 3055551212 (13) 6 minutes ago
You are not:
http://occupywallst.org/forum/redux-j-proof-that-this-forum-is-infested-by-pro-r/ ↥twinkle ↧stinkle reply permalink
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Gosh you must have been absolutely bored waiting for me to log on this morning. Just look at you all frisky and prancing about. You must really hate it when I'm not here.
Gosh do all blind marching supporters of the greedy corrupt white collar criminals of the status-quo develop such intense crushes?
[-] -1 points by 3055551212 (13) 6 minutes ago
Why does jart support the idea of changing OWS into yet another Obama front?
http://occupywallst.org/forum/why-does-jart-support-the-idea-of-changing-ows-int/ ↥twinkle ↧stinkle reply permalink
LOL!
Good morning Beautiful - glad I could help start you day with a good chuckle. Goes good with coffee and a bagel. {:-])
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“It’s unconscionable that Sheriff Stanek ordered the violent eviction of this home a second time, especially when he is fully aware of active negotiations between the family and the bank to resolve the situation peacefully.”
"...sheriffs forcibly removed them from the balcony and roof with jackhammers and electric saws."
I guess that's what happens when police don't have anything better to do.
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Only now 5 arrested?.....bummer. Foreclosures suck and people need homes stand with the 99%.
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I think the fact that the people are not currently making payments for the home means that they do not have a right to live there. If I just stopped paying my mortgage and told the bank to rework the loan that I already agreed to they would say "too bad" and I would have to accept that, because I had already agreed upon a set of loan terms. If they changes those loan terms for an individual they show a lack of integrity in their business plan. I would not invest in a financial institution like that.
Like you even have money to invest in anything swampy? :)
I believe you must have missed the part stating that the bank failed to take the payment.
Your comment adds nothing to this dialog. Go away, DKAtoday.
Is Lybia your name, or did you actually manage to misspell Libya? :)
To the tune of the Beach Boys song - Beach Baby.
Oh sock puppet sock puppet give them your hand ...give them something the corrupt can depend on..............
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