Several media outlets reported Occupy Oakland recently voted todeposit a $20,000 donation at Wells Fargo.
|“It was a heat of the moment decision over the safety ofprotesters who were in jail,” Kevin Seal, an Occupy Oakland member,told the SanJose Mercury News. “We want to reassure people we will removeit from Wells Fargo as soon as possible.”
|Occupy Oakland's general assembly voted Monday to deposit themoney at Wells Fargo, according to the publication.
|The donation came from Occupy Wall Street Oct. 16 shortly afterseveral banks, including Wells Fargo were picketed and in somecases, vandalized, local media reported.
|Tim Fong, a California attorney, offered to accept the donationin his Wells Fargo client trust account.
|“I could've sat back and done nothing,” Fong told thepublication, adding he is moving his account to a credit union.“But if there were mass arrests and people hurt, I'd feel reallystupid for not doing anything.”
|The donation was set to be used to assist those persons who werejailed recently in connection with the clashes with police inOakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland has said it will eventually move the funds to acredit union.
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