On Saturday, October 08, 2011, the Occupy Together protesters of Colorado Springs, CO mustered at 10:30 am in Acacia Park to celebrate their first complete day of 24/7 occupation protesting in support of the Occupy Wall Street cause. After a short general assembly meeting, a commonality among the movement reflecting a respect for democracy and free speech, the protesters began a march targeting all of the major bank branches in downtown Colorado Springs.
The first bank to get protested was Chase Bank on East Boulder Street, where the particularly bold chant of “Close your accounts” broke out, in addition to rallying cries that have been a staple of this protest so far.
The march then began south on Tejon Street with stops at the many downtown banks in the area, turning West on East Pikes Peak Avenue and South again on South Cascade Avenue culminating in a protest in front of the Wells Fargo Branch in the Merrill Lynch building. Wells Fargo closed its branch for the day with a large group of people clearing out of the building to chants of “Hey Wells Fargo, You can’t hide, we can see your greedy side.” The resulting encounter with protesters was captured in the video in the sidebar.
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