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Green Party Presidential Candidate & VP Arrested Fighting Foreclosures

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Does this Harvard educated physician really care this much about people's homes being foreclosed? Apparently because according to her Facebook page, she's still sitting in the Philadelphia jail as this is being typed.

Jill Stein & Cheri Honkala Arrested!

On August 1 2012, Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested
during a sit-in at a Philadelphia bank to protest housing foreclosures on behalf of
several city residents struggling to keep their homes. Photos: l Matt Moore
Matt Moore's photo: Police escort Green Party 2012 presidential nominee Jill Stein after she was arrested at a sit-in in Philadelphia Wednesday.

August 1, 2012Police escort Green Party 2012 presidential nominee Jill Stein after
she was arrested at a sit-in in Philadelphia Wednesday.

Matt Moore's photo: Green Party vice presidential nominee Cheri Honkala hugs her son as she's taken away by police after being arrested at a sit-in Wednesday in downtown Philadelphia.

Green Party vice presidential nominee Cheri Honkala hugs her son as she’s taken
away by police
after being arrested at a sit-in Wednesday in downtown Philadelphia.

Stein said — before she was led away — that she had never been arrested before, but that people need to fight back against “a political system bought and paid for by Wall Street.” – Kathy Matheson, AP reporter

Jill Stein Arrested: Green Party Nominee Faces Charges After Bank Protest

Huffington Post - ‎3 minutes ago‎
FILE – In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, Jill Stein of Lexington, Mass. speaks during a news conference outside the Statehouse in Boston. Stein, a Massachusetts doctor who ran against Mitt Romney for governor a decade ago is poised to challenge him

Green Party nominee Jill Stein arrested in Philly bank sit-in

Boston Herald - ‎2 hours ago‎

By AP PHILADELPHIA — Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, her running mate and three others have been arrested amid a sit-in at a downtown Philadelphia bank over housing foreclosures. About 50 Green Party supporters hoped to protest today at

Green Party nominee, running-mate arrested in Philadelphia bank sit-in

Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎
PHILADELPHIA – Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and her running mate have been arrested at a sit-in at a Philadelphia bank over housing foreclosures. The arrests came after about 50 party supporters staged a protest Wednesday against Fannie
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Stein and Honkala arrested in protest of foreclosure giant Fannie Mae
Posted by Jill Stein for President 686.80pc on August 01, 2012 · Flag

(PHILADELPHIA) Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her vice presidential running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested today during a protest at the offices of mortgage company Fannie Mae on Banker's Row in Philadelphia.

Among those arrested along with Dr. Stein and Ms. Honkala were labor lawyer James Moran and Sister Margaret McKenna of the Medical Mission Sisters. An attorney who supports civil disobedience cases is providing legal assistance. All of those arrested are expected to come before a judge on Thursday afternoon. At that time bail will either be set or they will be released on their own recognizance.

The protest was originally called for by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign to demand that the giant mortgage company halt foreclosure proceedings against two Philadelphia residents in danger of losing their homes. Stein joined the protest after Cheri Honkala joined her as Stein's vice presidential running mate. Honkala, a former homeless single mother, has been confronting banks and mortgage companies for decades demanding that they adopt policies that will, "keep families in their homes."

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