Today protesters with @XRebelDC & @ShutDown_DC targeted several @WellsFargo bank branches in DC to demand they stop funding Line 3 Pipeline.
When group arrived at the branch near Freedom Plaza, officers toppled over their makeshift oil drums as they got behind the police line.
When group arrived at the branch near Freedom Plaza, officers toppled over their makeshift oil drums as they got behind the police line.
As the activists began smearing fake oil onto the windows of the Wells Fargo branch, a shirtless man confronted the group, getting up in their faces and threatening to fight for the bank's private property.
Officers removed the man when he grabbed someone's sign.
Officers removed the man when he grabbed someone's sign.
"STOP LINE 3" the @XRebelDC activists left behind written into the fake oil smear on the Wells Fargo branch.
I've filmed them do this before; the substance is food dye, corn starch, and water. It washes away easily.
I've filmed them do this before; the substance is food dye, corn starch, and water. It washes away easily.
At the branch closer to Dupont Circle, a manager actually came outside to listen to the crowd.
An activist asked him to commit to Wells Fargo defunding Line 3, which he wouldn't, but he did listen and take a banner offered to him.
An activist asked him to commit to Wells Fargo defunding Line 3, which he wouldn't, but he did listen and take a banner offered to him.
At the Wells Fargo branch near Farragut Square in DC, officers surrounded the entrance before activists arrived.
The group suggested that MPD is "on the bank side, they're on global capitalism's side, they're on the side of the climate crisis."
The group suggested that MPD is "on the bank side, they're on global capitalism's side, they're on the side of the climate crisis."
Finally around noon (the activism began at 8:30am) the activists arrived at Wells Fargo's DC headquarters.
Police had the entrances surrounded again; activists put up "Climate emergency" branded crime-scene tape between them and the cops as they rallied.
Police had the entrances surrounded again; activists put up "Climate emergency" branded crime-scene tape between them and the cops as they rallied.
"Stop Line 3" the @XRebelDC / @ShutDown_DC activists painted in fake oil on the street outside the @WellsFargo HQ before dumping the whole bucket on the street.
"We will be back until Wells Fargo makes this commitment," an organizer promised as the event concluded.
"We will be back until Wells Fargo makes this commitment," an organizer promised as the event concluded.
See my full @N2Sreports video summary of today's #ExtinctionRebellion activism in Washington DC here.
As always, all footage is available to license, and my livestreams show the complete, unedited version of everything that occurred!
As always, all footage is available to license, and my livestreams show the complete, unedited version of everything that occurred!
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