A Baltimore church kicks HUD Sec. Ben Carson off property
VIEW THE NEWS REPORT HERE By Mona Austin Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson returned to the Baltimore area Wednesday to hold a press conference about the federal government's programs to revive opportunity zones and was asked to leave -- by a church. The press conference was set up in a vacant plot next to the Morning Star Baptist Church and an elder told him to leave.Gregory Evans, a church member for 50 years said it had nothing to do with Carson being in the Trump administration, but no one got permission in advance. Carson shared terse words about the church on camera, "They said get off of our property. A church. You know, a church -- when we are talking about helping the people. This is the level to which we have sunken as a society." The church is located in East Baltimore, an are designated as one of 149 opportunity zones throughout the state. rep Dir. Carson, a former neurosurgeon, had worked at ...