Green Party Presidential Candidate & VP Arrested Fighting Foreclosures
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
August 1, 2012Police escort Green Party 2012 presidential nominee Jill Stein after
she was arrested at a sit-in in Philadelphia Wednesday.
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
Green Party nominee Jill Stein arrested in Philly bank sit-in
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
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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