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November 22, 2011

15 Arrested at Bank of America Anti-Foreclosure Sit-In 
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Fifteen people were arrested at a sit-in against home foreclosures at a
Bank of America branch in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Monday. Among
those arrested was Lara Shepard-Blue.

Lara Shepard-Blue: “If Bank of America would lower the principle to
the actual real value of the home then we could keep families in their
homes and also help spur an economic recovery in our city and across the
country. So that’s why we got arrested. We’re also calling on them
to stop evicting home owners after foreclosure. They should be accepting
rent from home owners or agreeing to sell the house back to them. If
they could afford the house at the current value Bank of America should
sell it back to them."



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