Protestors enter Bear Stearns building in New York

[Tiberius]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 60 protesters opposed to the U.S. Federal Reserve's help in bailing out Bear Stearns entered the lobby of the investment bank's Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday, demanding assistance for struggling homeowners.

Demonstrators organized by the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America chanted "Help Main Street, not Wall Street" and entered the lobby without an invitation for around half an hour before being escorted out by police.

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Bear Stearns employees were amused and perplexed, some taking pictures. One man in the lobby applauded.

"Homeowners, that's more than $1 trillion (in mortgage debt), you're crazy," another man in a suit screamed at a protester on the street.

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I'm not in favor of bailing out anybody, but I'm hopeful that the pitchforks and torches will come out anyway!