Commentary Occupy Santa Cruz – Bank Of America Refusing To Close Protester’s Account (Video) by Gary Kopycinski on October 16, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 "You can’t be a protester and a customer at the same time." That’s what one woman was told at a Bank of America branch in Santa Cruz, California, when she tried to close her bank account. What if I wear a t-shirt the bank manager doesn’t like?