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Broken Door From Foreclosed Raided Home Delivered To MN Sheriff Stanek
by Bill Sorem from the Uptake
from May 26th
Sheriff's deputies tried twice this week to evict Occupy Minnesota supporters from a foreclosed home they were defending.
On Wednesday, aggressive efforts of Occupy Minnesota foiled a 4:00 PM sheriff's raid on the foreclosed home of the Cruz family. The deputies retreated.
On Friday they returned again at 4:00 AM, armed with battering rams, jack hammers and massive bolt cutters. There were about a dozen occupy volunteers sleeping at the house. All but two were ordered outside - the two couldn't find their shoes. The five people secured to the building were forcibly removed and arrested, currently held until Tuesday morning.
Again the sheriff's crew was driven back by the occupy volunteers who came up the alley and entered the back of the house. The deputies retreated with their prisoners leaving the home is shambles.
A rally in front of City hall at noon on May 25, featured the broken door and speeches by supporters including three members of the Minneapolis City Council. The door was then delivered to Sheriff Stanek's Office in City Hall. The sheriff declined to meet with the demonstrators. The broken door was left at the front door of his office. A major source of frustration was that the bank was working with the Cruz family to clear up the situation and renew the mortgage. The sheriff's actions cut across this progress and was seen as unnecessary and punitive by those close to the situation.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)great work by occupyMN
lumpy
(13,704 posts)nt
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)and then this morning we have found out
All 3 arrestees have been released! $80,000 bail reduced to $50. Thanks for your support! We'll be back at it tomorrow.
Rally City Hall 1pm. Meet at Cruz home 7pm
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Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Bravo to you. Kudos and respect to you, and all involved! Don't forget to examine the foreclosure paperwork for fraud and inconsistencies which will give you a win in court! Please keep us fully up-to-date!
pam4water
(2,916 posts)annm4peace
(6,119 posts)I think the money taxpayers have spent on the cops has paid for the home two times over.
there was about 70 Occupier/Activists/Citizens... the cops had left the home in the evening and 3 security guards were there.. we surrounded the home linking arms, sitting and singing.. then about 1/2 of that some tore off the wooden shutters on the front and back door... the cops came about 1/2 after that and then there was the stand off. By an hour there was about 50 cops.. swat team but no riot gear. I left at 11:30 and there was only a couple arrests. But the street was shut down for several blocks.
It was crazy. I can't even imagine what it has cost the tax payer to protect a property in foreclosure owned by Freddie Mac.
I will post pictures once those who are still there come home and post them
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Thanks for the update.