Occupy Riverside disrupts auction of WWII vet's foreclosed home

by Occupy Riverside Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 at 1:23 PM

Wednesday,October 26, 2011

RIVERSIDE (California) - The occupants of downtown Riverside, in solidarity with a veteran of WWII and families everywhere who have had their houses stolen by the banks, disrupted an auction on the steps of Riverside Superior Courthouse. Here are some words posted to facebook from participants:

Members of Occupy Riverside, through a peaceful sing along & chanting, just postponed the home auction of a WW2 veteran. Channel 7 News on the scene! (Cultprit? Bank of America!) -Arthur

‎"We just kicked some major ass! The people at the courthouse all came out to watch as we overpowered the auctioneer for 2 hours with our beautiful singing voices! I am so proud to share in the Occupy Riverside actions with all you great American citizens.....power to the people and to true democracy in action! The outreach there was great, and we made connections with some valuable legal people. Thank you also to JB, who is such an asset to our purpose. We succeeded in postponing the sale of a very sweet wwII vets home so he can have time to regroup and get some real help." -Shawn