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Old 10-06-2011, 02:39 PM
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Default Video - In Progress - Bank Protesters Arrested After Trying to Cash $673-billion Chec

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KTLA News

2:12 p.m. PDT, October 6, 2011
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police converged on a crowd of protesters outside a downtown Bank of America branch.

The participants in the protest organized by the Refund California campaign marched into the bank and tried to cash a check for $673 billion.

It was an over-sized check made out to the "people of California," LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon said.

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Ten protesters were arrested after refusing to leave the bank, police said.

Earlier in the week, Occupy L.A. protesters took over the intersection of 7th and Figueroa streets, prompting police in riot gear to respond to the scene.

On Tuesday afternoon, several dozen protesters with signs and a bullhorn picketed outside the Westwood home of a One West Bank executive.

About 50 demonstrators showed up outside the home and stayed about 30 minutes as Los Angeles Police Department officers looked on.

Protesters inspired by the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations in New York camped outside City Hall in downtown Los Angeles for a third day on Monday.

The loosely organized group, called "Occupy Los Angeles," is protesting what it perceives as corporate greed. It hopes to encourage social change and political involvement.

The protests have focused on City Hall, but some demonstrators also gathered outside the courthouse in downtown L.A., where the high-profile manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, is taking place.

A protest march around City Hall is planned for 5 p.m. Monday.

About 150 to 200 protesters camped out overnight Sunday, the second night of the "sleep-in."

Organizers say their target is pretty straight forward: corporations that they believe have taken control of the ability of Americans to get decent jobs and to keep other freedoms.

Organizers also want to make it clear that this occupation is a "non-violent" one.

"We're calling it an occupation -- it's not a one time protest," one activist said. "This is going to last for weeks -- or months -- until our wants and needs basically are heard."

No arrests have been made in Los Angeles, though the demonstration has caused some minor traffic delays.

Meantime, in New York, more than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking traffic lanes and attempting an unauthorized march across the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday evening.

Most of those who were arrested were taken into custody off the bridge, issued summonses and released.

Witnesses described a chaotic scene on the famous suspension bridge as a sea of police officers surrounded the protesters using orange mesh netting.

Some protesters tried to get away as officers started handcuffing members of the group.

Dozens of protesters were seen handcuffed and sitting on the span as three buses were called in to take them away, witnesses and organizers said.

The bridge as re-opened to traffic Sunday evening.
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