SEIU Thugs Take Over OneWest Bank Headquarters in California (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, August 18, 2011, 7:00 PM
About 50 SIEU activists took over the OneWest Bank headquarters in Pasadena today.
The leftist mob jumped turnstiles and pushed threw security forced to bust into the bank.
The Pasadena Star News reported, via Free Republic:
A group of about 50 protesters overcame security and jumped turnstiles Thursday afternoon to commandeer the corporate headquarters of OneWest Bank.
Members of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and the Service Employees International Union set up tents and blocked off employee elevators for several minutes chanting loudly in support of Rose Gudiel, who is on the brink of being evicted from her La Puente home.
The animated group ignored police requests to leave the private property until bank Vice President Brandon Latman agreed to meet with Gudiel and her family.
Protesters then moved to picket the entrance to the building while Gudiel met with Latman in a private room for nearly 20 minutes.
Gudiel, a state of California employee, has been attempting to get the bank to modify a loan for almost two years after her brother’s sudden death, which caused the household income to drop, she said.
Although the income has long since recovered, the bank has consistently refused to give them a loan modification, she added.
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typo police commented:
threw security forced = through security forces
mg4us commented:
Arrest them all for trespassing . . . maybe even holding up a bank for ransom. . .
Be on Guard. .this is the first of a wave of these sorts of events. . .
There are plans afoot to do to the US what has been done in Greece and London!
We have Liar-and- Thief in the White house. . .Obama and his leftists buddies are out to disrupt the American dream and way of life!
Look at this. . a Day of Rage on Sept 17. . .from Acorn, SEIO and Obama’s buddies
The use of the term “Day of Rage” recalls the “Days of Rage” organized in the 1960s by the Weather Underground domestic terrorist organization co-founded by Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, close associates for years of President Obama.
Numerous radicals, many with direct ties to Obama, are linked to planned protests and other activism scheduled for the coming months.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=334433
http://www.usdayofrage.org/
Be on guard!! You have been warned!
JDubya commented:
This is only going to get worse by these nuts in California. The “Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment”? WTF? What does that mean?
Police should have used a flamethrower on these stupid chimps.
They are all worthless cockroaches. Worthless!
mercador commented:
Put it in Jesus hands. We could not prevent this when it got to this point, so what makes us think we can do anything about it now. Only God can fix this.
Militant Conservative commented:
Lol bring it on!
Chaos
Mark Adams commented:
Time to jail these unions for the max time allotted by law.
Do you know why the bank won’t re-modify? Two words. Dodd- Frank, signed in to law by Obama.
Militant Conservative commented:
Chaos is inevitable. How you handle it is the
Variable. Damn I touch, your a selective terd.
Powder is ready.
DittoGirl commented:
I am stunned that people who bought a home, then fall onto some sort of bad luck, or whatever, think that the bank should “modify” a legally signed document to fit their needs. Many people over-extended themselves and bought more than they could afford or need. ARM’s made them affordable at first, then balloon later, what a horrible idea.
In some instances welfare and food stamps qualified as income toward a mortgage. If the BANK wanted to “modify” a mortgage, and change the original legal document, how do you think this would go over?
Some people should never own a house and apartment living is the best society should do. This is certainly not the banks fault in any way, yet they get the brunt of the rage of crazy people that think they are entitled to this.
We have to stop this in its tracks.
Barracuda commented:
I would have simply evacuated the lobby and filled it with teargas. The left needs to learn that the Constitutional right to peacefully assemble to petition for redress of grievances only applies to public, not private, property.
Tammy commented:
I’ll bet the homeowner is an illegal alien too.
Wm T Sherman commented:
Security should have given them complimentary wood shampoos.
Madkangaroo commented:
If the homeowner’s “income has long since recovered” why does she need a loan modification? Is there info we are not privy to (like she’s way too far in arrears to ever catch up)? And I can’t imagine ACCE and SEIU getting into it unless there is an opportunity to cash in for themselves.
I may have just answered my own question.
patman commented:
Shoot first. Ask ques…, well, oh well…
People don’t understand law and order anymore. We are headed for class and race war on a scale unprecedented.
Militant Conservative commented:
I carry a 9mm with spare mag (s) And a M1 carbine.
Since doofuss was elected. Soon I’ll unload upon the
Non producing masses. Soon the non producers will feel
The wrath of the well armed producer.
Powder is dry
sifty commented:
Apply nightsticks and tazers “liberally” to the crowd.
sifty commented:
This isn’t about anything more than wanting free stuff.
Midwestengr commented:
Dang! I started to slack off a bit and not buy surplus ammo every month, time to play catch up! One can never have to much ammo on hand!
Rhoda R commented:
These are the first ‘shots’ of the civil war that Obama wants started. He’s going to lose the election and he knows it – or, if he doesn’t know it his handlers do. Start a civil insurrection and Obama has a glorious excuse to pend the elections – remember: He’s a HISTORIC president.
Militant Moron commented:
You sound like youre from oslo militant moron, threatening to wipe out ppl with your 9.
Jim commented:
Headline needs a spelling correction. Threw should be through.
Valerie commented:
OT, sort of. They are following up on that flash mob in Germantown.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/18/flashmobs.police/index.html
“Within hours, investigators posted surveillance camera footage on YouTube and blasted out that link on local media.
Detectives then headed to a local high school, where they asked the principal and students to help them identify faces. Within a day, they had identified at least half of the alleged thieves, said Smith, the police spokeswoman.”
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With half the kids identified, the others will be found very soon. That means the parents and the local ministers can be pulled in, too. The kids in this class, and all the other high schools in the area, are going to be sorry they ever heard of flash mobs.
If it were my kid, I would require restitution to the shop owner, and a face-to-face apology, regardless of any other consequences imposed by the state.
Jim commented:
It is domestic terrorism. The problem is the DOJ is run by a domestic terrorist so nothing will happen.
Opaobie commented:
They could certainly be charged with something along the lines of attempted bank robbery, or at the very least, criminal conspiracy and extortion. Their unions and thug front groups could also be charged under the RICO Act. It will never happen under this corrupt regime.
The bank needs to post these bumper stickers, or pretty soon, they and all their customers will have to post this sign in their businesses.
No Man commented:
SEIU terrorists . . .
Josh commented:
Nero played his fiddle. Obama played golf.
No Man commented:
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment a.k.a. ACORN. ACORN criminals simply changed the name.
Call yourself a cat: you’re still a rat.
Obama thugocracy and the class war . . .
Josh commented:
Do you know the difference between Obama and Darth Vader?
One used telekinesis to destroy the universe while the other used a teleprompter.
lakewriter commented:
what have we become – a lawless nation? what the hell is happening to us?
Midwestengr commented:
#28 lakewriter
It’s going to get a LOT worse before it gets better.
Mikey commented:
What the article doesn’t tell you is that this woman’s mortgage has been modified 5 times in 4 years.
OWB has bent over backwards to accommodate this woman.
OWB doesn’t want her property in La Puente.
OWB would prefer she stays in her house, rather than to foreclose on her.
But there comes a time when this woman must realize that she doesn’t make enough money to afford this loan.
Having SEIU thugs intercede for her won’t change the facts on the ground.
If there are no more rules in home ownership, why have banks, home loans and mortgages at all?
chewydog commented:
But, it’s the Tea Party that is violent terrorists…
/s
Oldflyer commented:
Last December my daughter’s home in SoCal was swamped with mud and rock. She did not have flood insurance. She tried to get a loan modification so that she could pay for repairs, and continue paying her mortgage. The mortgage company swore they would help. Finally, after months she was notified by email that her mortgage was held by FANNIE MAE, and Fannie Mae would do nothing. No one stormed the bank, or Fannie Mae, although I am tempted.
When did cops start requesting that thugs who invade premises, and overpower security leave? We are on a steep slope to chaos.
On the other hand if you are not one of the favored, your butt is grass if you fly the American flag in violation of Home Owner’s Ass. rules.
Totalitarianism creeps in on little cat feet.
chewydog commented:
Remember, cops are union also.
Molon Labe commented:
I’d have locked the lobby, evacuated all the law abidding citizens , and then filled it with a stink bomb. Civil disobiedence is just another form of law braking. In the end we get barbarians. This is how it started in London.
JPL17 commented:
Constitutional amendment time — no more public sector unions. Period.
Kissmygrits commented:
Where was the FBI? A large group creates a disturbance at a bank and the police or FBI wasn’t called in to pound some sense into them? Law enforcement certainly seems to be lacking in the Golden State.
Rock commented:
But I thought WTF was going to take care of these house payments with his stash. You mean they want me to pay higher taxes so they can overextend.
JimmyT commented:
If we had a real Attorney General, he/she would be slapping RICO charges against these union thugs. If unions aren’t organized crime these days, there is NO such thing as organized crime.
RCL commented:
What planet do you guys live on? Who are you defending here?
Banks were the main beneficiaries of all the “Stimulus”. The concept was that putting money in the pipeline would ease credit. Instead the banks take free government money and put it right back into Treasuries making a guaranteed profit on the back of taxpayers while doing NOTHING to help their neighbors. My mortgage is fine but I know plenty of folks who got in trouble and NOT ONE of the offered mortgage “modifications” that TARP was supposed to enable EVER came through. This isn’t Capitalism it’s piracy.
At least the SEIU has the balls to back up their friends with force. They’ve learned that the law can be bent by the will of committed citizens. If Ms. Gudiel doesn’t get her modification they should hit the damn bank again!
If conservatives are going to take back America we’re going to have to learn to do the same damn thing. Instead of your usual reflex smears at the mention of SEIU you should be taking notes.
Kate commented:
This is just ACORN and SEIU thugs doing what they and Rathke know best.
CA ACORN now the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) http://www.scanph.org/node/2118
Surprised?
The Underground Conservative commented:
“The animated group ignored police requests …”
Police requests? What’s wrong, didn’t the cops say “Please”? What’s wrong with the cops here? More emasculated girlie men. Give them one demand and an allotted amount of time then bring in the paddy wagon and arrest the bastards.
God help us if this is the approach law enforcement takes on September 17, the planned, orchestrated U.S. Day of Rage. Guess who’s behind that? Our friends from ACORN and SEIU and other assorted leftist groups.
Obamas regulation destroy jobs commented:
This is the new affirmative ACTION for BLACKS and illegals–now they cheat, rob, beat and change their grades, now they are forcing free mortgages–as a lawyer Obama sued Citi Bank, and other mortgage lenders & FORCED banks to give bad loans to those who could not afford their homes with their food stamps–look what happened. Now these animals are pulling people out of their cars (philly) beating people, flash robbing 7-11s, malls..beating that man in MD. They are beating, robbing whites/asians. He has raised the price of grain causing a food shortage throughout the world, farmers being charged 4x price of grain (beef has doubled)-Lisa Jackson EPA his right hand shut down 600 coal mines and now regulations on farmers for DUST. Jobs WILL NOT be created until this commie and his REGULATIONs (50) is out of office. Now he is promoting RAGE riots on 9-17.
Harry Schell commented:
I guess London policing…”with the consent of the ‘communities’” has come to liberal little Pasadena. Heh. I wish I lived farther away.
Lonemusketeer commented:
Banks don’t have to modify a loan and if they are willing, you still have to keep your payment current until or if they finally agree to a loan modification. We the taxpaying people have to pay these banks when they lose money. Why should we pay for others to keep their homes? They, like others, can let their day of reckoning happen and then rebuild from there. Why shouldn’t they suffer the consequences like anyone else?
libtard commented:
I thought we were supposed to hate George Soros’ OneWest bank
http://mandelman.ml-implode.com/2009/09/liberal-billionaire-george-soros…-major-shareholder-in-indymacone-west-bank/
The same goes for obama’s Bank of America:
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/06/crimes-of-bank-of-america-major-donor.html
Ben Dover commented:
Anybody who judges them as thugs obviously hasn’t dealt with this bank. They are the high grade criminal thugs that lie and deceive you to steal your home. Watch this video and see a small sample of their crime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UNkQGyk5uA
Supersoft760 commented:
Banks are the cause of this kaos, but most of the people commenting are ignorant of that fact untill it happens to them, banks are bullies they do not care about anybody but themselves, maybe who ever is commenting on the side of the banks does not have a bank Acct?? or a mortgage?