Monday, March 26, 2007

Homeless rally arrest was wrong

from Sunday's Tennessean:

Homeless rally arrest was wrong

By GAIL KERR

Charlie Strobel is an unlikely convict.

He is 64 years old. He's a former Catholic priest who started Room in the Inn 21 years ago. Now, 150 congregations offer the homeless a warm, safe place to sleep on cold nights. He knows everybody from the lowliest street bum to the richest Belle Meade businessman. At the funeral of his mother, Strobel urged people to forgive her murderer.

This is the man police arrested last week for protesting. read the full article

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