Chase branches in Chicago shut down amid ‘pop-up protests’ for reparations

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Several Chase bank branches in Chicago temporarily shut down following protests demanding an increase in lending services in the city’s black neighborhoods.

Demonstrators, who are conducting “pop-up protests” at branches around the city, are calling on the bank to issue reparations of $1 billion in grants and $10 billion in loans to Chicago’s black communities after reports exposed a gap in mortgage lending patterns.

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