Video: Declare Baltimore: “A Foreclosures and Evictions Free Zone!”

On Dec. 23, 2008, activists held a press conference, at 12:30 PM, along with a picket line, in front of the Baltimore City’s Sheriff’s Office, at the main Court House, near the City Hall. They requested a halt, a moratorium, to all foreclosures and evictions in the city, and that the Sheriff’s Office follow the precedent established by the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, and the Sheriff of Philadelphia, PA, in this regard. The rally, with the temperature hovering in the low 20s, was led by the “National Network to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions.” The demonstrators also delivered a letter to the Sheriff’s Office setting out their views on the issue. For more background on this social justice cause, see: http://www.stopforeclosuresandevictions.org/moratoriumpetition.shtml. A longer version of this press conference can be found on Google, at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4829018851093821291.