Bank of America lockdown 8-11-08An anti-climate-change march through the streets of Richmond, VA concluded today with a lockdown at the Bank of America building.

Police presence in Richmond was heavy at the end of the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action. Nonetheless, 50 protesters took part in an unpermitted march through the streets of the city, punctuated by rallies at the offices of the climate criminals Massey Energy (a major coal company involved in mountaintop removal mining), Dominion Energy (targeted with direct action only days before), and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (which recently rubber-stamped a Dominion coal plant in Wise County, VA).

Dominion Energy protest 8-11-08, Richmond VA“In a show of interspecies solidarity, one horse bucked a cop off its back” at the Dominion Energy protest, a press release read.

Finally, the crowed stopped at the massive Bank of America building to protest the bank’s status as one of the largest funders of the coal industry. Two activists snuck past the intensified building security and locked down to a sign in front of the customer entrance, while marchers held a die-in on the sidewalk. Eventually, police cut out the two locked-down activists and cited them for tresspassing.