Three arrested, accused of illegally feeding the homeless

[Hugabear]

/shakes head...

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-homeless-feedings-arrests-20110601,0,741633.story

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Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested Wednesday when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park.

Jessica Cross, 24, Benjamin Markeson, 49, and Jonathan "Keith" McHenry, 54, were arrested at 6:10 p.m. on a charge of violating the ordinance restricting group feedings in public parks. McHenry is a co-founder of the national Food Not Bombs movement, which began in the early 1980s.

The group lost a court battle in April, clearing the way for the city to enforce the ordinance. It requires groups to obtain a permit and limits each group to two permits per year for each park within a 2-mile radius of City Hall.

Arrest papers state that Cross, Markeson and McHenry helped feed 40 people Wednesday night. The ordinance applies to feedings of more than 25 people.
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Un-fucking-believable.

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R. I couldn't have said it better... Wow.

:grr:

[grasswire]

3. what if they had tried to feed 5000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fishes?

Would that have been illegal, too?

Hm?

[Hugabear]

7. Are you kidding? They'd be gathering up wood planks and nails.

If the New Testament Jesus were alive today, they'd consider him a communist hippie activist.

[phasma ex machina]

11. +1 Temple banksters made an example out of Jesus. nt

[joshcryer]

9. Nice.

:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Excellent analogy

And a favorite of mine. My Dad used it a lot, as well. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Illegally feeding the homeless?

We have lost our way as a nation.

Recommended.

[Javaman]

13. and our minds...

and our hearts

and our compassion

and our empathy

[woo me with science]

4. Oh, this one goes well with my thread!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1213977

:grr:

[Luminous Animal]

5. Very glad to see my old friend Keith still fighting the good fight. (n/t)

[K8-EEE]

6. The people who insisting 'WE'RE A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY'

ARE THE ONES MAKING THESE KINDS OF LAWS! Irony alert....

[joshcryer]

8. Worked with a FnB in my younger years, they, and ABC are the best spontaneous activist 'orgs'...

...for young people. Get people really understanding just how shitty things can be for others. Typical takedown bullshit but a decade ago it wasn't as bad, I don't recall ever being busted for failing to follow ordinances. Everyone got food, rich or poor, young or old, we didn't focus simply on the homeless, though, but they were typically the most common people to come up to our stands. Good times.

[ZombieHorde]

12. So absurd. nt