A group of protesters from the Rainforest Action Network were arrested in Center City this morning after hanging from a crane to protest Bank of America and their support of coal mining companies.The four men are not from Charlotte but climbed a crane at the Ritz-Carlton construction site on College Street around 6:30 am. They hung a banner with the message: "Bank of America, Funding Coal, Killing Communities."
The four men arrested and charged with trespassing are as follows: Matthew Joseph Leonard (Emeryville, CA); Brian Glenn Wallin (Asheville, NC); Joshua Daniel Rumschlag (Clearwater, FL); and John Allen Watterberg (Brooklyn, NY)
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