Jill Stein Taken Into Police Custody At Occupy Fannie May In Philly (W/Video)

Video by our own Ben Manski at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10101514459467967

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is being

detained after leading a protest near the downtown Philadelphia office of

Fannie Mae.

She and about 50 supporters are protesting on behalf of two city homeowners

facing foreclosure.

Stein is one of about two dozen people being detained by security inside a

ground-floor bank they entered to try to reach the nearby offices of Fannie

Mae, the government-sponsored mortgage lender.

No arrests have been made.

Jill and Cheri are still in the bank bullding at 1835 Market Street in

Philadelphia.  This is "bankers row" - the center of the financial powers

in Philadelphia.  The police closed the building and told everyone to leave

if they didn't want to be arrested.

Two women who are facing foreclosure,  Rhonda Lancaster and Miss Fran, are

asking for a commitment from Fannie Mae to stop the foreclosures and let

them stay in their homes.  Jill and Cheri are saying that they won't leave

until Fannie Mae does the right thing.  More people are demonstrating

outside the building.

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