Feb 23, 2009 10:43 am US/Eastern
ACORN Member Charged In Protest Break-In
BALTIMORE (AP) ―
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ACORN member Louis Beverly was charged Monday with fourth-degree burglary.
CBS
An activist has turned himself in to Baltimore police to face a misdemeanor burglary charge after a staged break-in at a foreclosed home.
Louis Beverly was charged Monday with fourth-degree burglary. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi describes it as essentially a trespassing charge.
Beverly is a member of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN.
On Thursday night, he used bolt cutters to break a padlock at a foreclosed home near Patterson Park in East Baltimore, telling supporters, "This is our house now."
ACORN staged the demonstration to protest the foreclosure crisis. An ACORN organizer says in a statement that the group stands "in solidarity" with its "members who are resisting these foreclosure actions."
Guglielmi says police understand the break-in was a protest action, but Beverly was still breaking the law.
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