Friday 3 June 2011

Three arrested, accused of illegally feeding homeless in Florida

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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Susan Jacobson @'Orlando Sentinel'
From the fevered imagination of exilestreet at 03:01

2 comments:

  1. Audiozobe4 June 2011 at 03:45

    How does it happen that somebody decides to propose an ordinance against feeding the homeless, however many? How do you not sound evil when doing that?

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  2. Anonymous5 August 2011 at 16:35

    The ordinance does not prohibit feeding anyone, it regulates WHERE. How does one not sound ignorant when not knowing, misundersatnding, or misrepresenting the facts?

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