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Since August, well-organized crowds of hundreds of aggrieved debtors have stood at the entrances–and prevented the opening–of courthouses in Northampton, Springfield, Worcestor, Athol, and Great Barrington in western Massachusetts. On the first occasion, a farmer and Army veteran, Luke Day, stood on the courthouse steps holding a petition asking the judges not to execute any more foreclosures or debt processes until the protesters could meet with state legislators to craft relief for borrowers. Fifteen hundred men stood with Day. Most of the police officers accompanying the judges sympathized with the debtors and declined to make arrests. The judges, prudent men, went home. Continue reading →