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VIDEO: Boston Police Tussle With Whole Foods Opponents Over Banner

At the first meeting of Whole Foods Market with the Jamaica Plain community, protesters

Whole Foods Market held a community meeting about its new store in Jamaica Plain, set to open in the late fall, according to company officials who spoke at the meeting.

The meeting, which was held at the , was disrupted when two protesters unfurled a banner on the second floor of the auditorium. The banner read "Displacement: What Will Whole Foods Do About It?" Police arrested those persons.

Later, during a comment period, protesters standing in line to speak were holding a banner. Police tugged it away from the protesters, as seen in this video.

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Shortly afterward, police closed the meeting and had everyone leave the school.

[Editor's note: I apologize for the "stretched" quality of the video, because I was holding the camera vertically.]

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