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May 18, 2011

Hundreds Protest JP Morgan Chase Tax Dodging And Foreclosures, Elderly Demonstrators Maced 
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Over 800 homeowners, clergy, and workers protested outside JP Morgan
Chase's annual meeting in Columbus Ohio Tuesday. The demonstrators
called on the banking giant to stop dodging its corporate taxes and to
stop foreclosing on over 100,000 Ohio families each year.

Protester 1: “CEO Jamie Donovan made made $21 million in 2010. And not
only that, he received $19 million in bonuses.”

Protester 2: “Not only foreclosed on the property anyway, they walked
away from the property and leaving me receiving notices from the city,
if I don’t maintain the properties the state can take it from me.”

Some of the protesters gained access to the JP Morgan meeting site by
setting up a makeshift bridge to cross a small moat. Several elderly
demonstrators were maced by police during the protest.



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