This is ridiculous. This organization needs to have people go to jail for being criminals and they should NOT be subsidized with ANY federal money.[:@]
Arrest Made in Home Foreclosure Civil Disobedience Program Monday, February 23, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Police in Baltimore today made what is believed to be the first arrest in a civil disobedience program aimed at supporting homeowners who refuse to vacate their foreclosed homes.
An activist with ACORN "” the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now "” faces criminal charges after breaking into a home in southeast Baltimore on Thursday to protest the foreclosure crisis sweeping the country.
"This is our house now," ACORN member Louis Beverly reportedly said after cutting a lock with bolt cutters at the home.
Beverly will be charged with fourth-degree burglary, according to Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police. Attempts to reach his attorney, Justin Brown, were not immediately successful.
Joe Cox, a community organizer for ACORN in Baltimore, said Monday's arrest was not a surprise.
"We definitely expected some kind of a response," Cox said. "We understand people have to do their jobs and we hope that they understand that we're doing this to highlight the issue."
Cox said he expects homesteading "” refusing to vacate a foreclosed property "” will become common as blame for the foreclosure crisis increasingly shifts from homeowners to financial corporations.
"This program is saying, 'We are not going,'" Cox said last week. "People say we're breaking the law, but we don't see how putting a person back in an abandoned property is harming anyone."
ACORN launched its "Home Savers" campaign in New York earlier this month and plans to expand the program to at least 22 other cities and three counties nationwide in the coming weeks. Participants like Beverly say they will refuse to move out of foreclosed homes or reclaim properties altogether until a comprehensive federal housing plan takes affect.
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Arrest Made in Home Foreclosure Civil Disobedience Program Monday, February 23, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Police in Baltimore today made what is believed to be the first arrest in a civil disobedience program aimed at supporting homeowners who refuse to vacate their foreclosed homes.
Joe Cox, a community organizer for ACORN in Baltimore, said Monday's arrest was not a surprise.
"We definitely expected some kind of a response," Cox said. "We understand people have to do their jobs and we hope that they understand that we're doing this to highlight the issue."
So, now we know what a "community organizer" is... a criminal. Nice to know it's the first thing on our President's resume...
I'm curious what "issue" they're trying to highlight? People who don't pay their mortgages should get to live there anyway???
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Arrest Made in Home Foreclosure Civil Disobedience Program Monday, February 23, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Police in Baltimore today made what is believed to be the first arrest in a civil disobedience program aimed at supporting homeowners who refuse to vacate their foreclosed homes.
Joe Cox, a community organizer for ACORN in Baltimore, said Monday's arrest was not a surprise.
"We definitely expected some kind of a response," Cox said. "We understand people have to do their jobs and we hope that they understand that we're doing this to highlight the issue."
So, now we know what a "community organizer" is... a criminal. Nice to know it's the first thing on our President's resume...
I'm curious what "issue" they're trying to highlight? People who don't pay their mortgages should get to live there anyway???
Crap, I bought a new house about 4 years ago. I was aiming too low. I should have morgaged a 2 million dollar home instead of one I could actually afford.
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Crap, I bought a new house about 4 years ago. I was aiming too low. I should have morgaged a 2 million dollar home instead of one I could actually afford.
Yeah, tell me about it. My wife and I have been in our home since 1987, I believe. It'll be paid off soon. I can guarantee you that if I were to get behind now, ACORN wouldn't picket at my house to keep me from being foreclosed...
I'm trying to figure out how the "housing bailout" is ANY different than if my next door neighbor were to get behind on his mortgage, then come into my house, with a gun, and tell me "I'm behind on my mortgage. Give me your money so I can catch up."
I agree, ACORN doesn't deserve a penny of federal funding. What sickens me is we'll end up paying for thisstimulus bill through our tax dollars, so essentially we're being forced to fund special interest groups like these.
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