[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Too Big to Jail ends now

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, "Campaign for a Fair Settlement" <info at campaignforfairsettlement.org>
> Subject: Too Big to Jail ends now
> Date: April 12, 2013 10:50:06 AM PDT
> To: Susan Harman <susanharman1 at gmail.com>
>
> Support the May 18-25 Week of Action!
>>
> Connect with the Campaign for a Fair Settlement
>>
> “Breaking the law is not a trade secret.” – Sen. Elizabeth Warren, April
11, 2013
>
> Susan --
>
> $300. For having your home taken from you illegally.
>
> Is that your idea of justice? The federal bank regulators think it is.
Want to know why? Sorry, they can't tell you - that would mean revealing
"trade secrets" of the banks.
>
> It's true. This week some 4 million families whose homes were stolen by
Wall Street criminals in 2009 and 2010 will be getting a total of $3.6
billion in compensation. Most will receive less than $1000. For losing
their homes. That amount was arbitrarily determined by the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and when asked why in a Senate hearing
yesterday, they said turning over the information would mean turning
over confidential “trade secrets”.
>
> To which Sen. Warren responded, “Breaking the law is not a trade
secret.” [1]
>
> Exactly. That’s why hundreds of homeowners from around the country are
going to DC this May to demand an end to Too Big to Jail. You can
support their fight by signing on to this call to AG Eric Holder and
President Obama to start criminal prosecutions of criminal Wall Street
bankers.
>
> If our system of justice worked, two things should have happened: (1)
those responsible should have been prosecuted for their crimes, and (2)
borrowers should have been compensated for these violations. You already
know that Attorney General Holder and the Justice Department have given
the bankers get out of jail free cards. Now the federal regulators have
allowed them to pay pennies on the dollar to people who lost their
homes. That's what happens with Too Big to Jail.
>
> In hearings on April 10th, Senator Warren posed the right question:
“Have the families been protected, or have the banks been protected?” So
far the regulators and Justice Department have thrown down with the
banks, not with families. That's what happens with Too Big to Jail.
>
> We’ve made calls, sent petitions, written letters – and we’re still not
seeing the change we need. So next month members of the Home Defenders
League, supported by the Campaign for a Fair Settlement, are taking
things right to the steps of the Justice Department in DC.
>
> Add your voice to those going to DC by signing on to the petition to the
Administration here. We can guarantee your signature will be delivered
as part of dramatic and bold actions at the very heart of law
enforcement in the United States.
>
> Delivering the 333,000 signatures on April 2 was just the beginning. And
we've got Too Big to Jail in our sights.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Brian Kettenring
> Executive Director, Action for the Common Good
> Campaign Director, Campaign for a Fair Settlement
>
> PS. If YOU want to go, you can register your interest by clicking HERE.
Home Defenders League staff will contact you with more details.
>
>
>
> [1]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD7zM9K0X4c
>
> http://www.campaignforfairsettlement.org/
>
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