Participants in the Occupy Eugene movement held a march in protest of the corporate practices of banks on Monday afternoon. Protestors dressed as ninjas and marched through downtown Eugene stopping in front of Chase bank where they wrote chalk messages and played games. Police were present throughout the demonstration but the protest remained peaceful. Here are a few frames:
Three protestors dressed as ninjas, who wished to remain unidentified, arrived at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza in downtown Eugene at 12:00 p.m. to gather for the protest. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Protestors dressed as ninjas wait for the demonstration to begin in the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza in Downtown Eugene on Monday afternoon. The demonstration was part of the Occupy Eugene movement and was particulary in protest of the corporate practices of banks. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
An Occupy Eugene protestor, who identified herself as Moon, blew bubbles while waiting for other protestors to gather at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza on Monday afternoon. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
The protestors huddled together to listen to the march leader Kristin, who refused to give her last name, as she explained their plan of action to approuch each bank. The protest was called the ‘Urban Ninja Banks March’ and was in protest of the corporate practices of banks. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Two ninjas, who wished to remain unidentified, held a sign that read Smash Capitalism at the beginning of the march. The ninjas marched through downtown stopping at Chase bank, which they claimed to be the worst of all the banks in Eugene. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Police blocked the entrance to Chase bank in order to protect custumers and deter protestors from entering the building. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Occupy Eugene participants, dressed as ninjas, wrote chalk messages in front of Chase Bank during their protest on Monday afternoon. The protest was aimed against Bank America, Well’s Fargo, Chase, US bank and Umpqua Bank. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
At the end of the demonstration the protestors lined up in front of Chase bank to play red rover while chanting “the people united will never be divided.” (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)
