American Bankers Association Meeting Stormed by Protesters

Activists from the Service Employees International Union, the AFL-CIO and Americans for Financial Reform interrupted the ABA meeting Sunday night. Protesters chant “We'll be back” as Police escort them out.

The meeting is scheduled to continue through Tuesday and will feature “speakers like FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, former Speaker of the House Newt GingrichNewt GingrichNewt Gingrich, and political commentator George WillGeorge Will”.

“All we wanted to do was deliver a letter to the Wall Street bankers to let them know how much they’ve hurt our communities – and what they need to do to clean up their act,” states the SEIU. “What started as a thousand people tonight will continue to grow up until Tuesday when more than 5,000 taxpayers march on the ABA and demand an end to Wall Street greed.”

“Our demand is simple: stop taking our tax dollars and squandering them away on billion dollar bonuses and massive lobbying campaigns against financial reform,” the SEIU said.