Six Months for Dumpster Diving !!

[galloglas]

Unbelievable!! Well, I guess not. (read the comments)

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14917.htm

[acmavm]

1. The owner declined to comment. Well he should decline.

I suggest a BIG boycott of that asshole's produce.

[Vanje]

3. Store-owner:“These guys are not criminals. For them to be in jail is ridiculous.”

http://media.steamboatpilot.com/drudge/food.html?local_news

Excerpt:
“Once I found out what these guys were being charged with, I contacted (St. James),” said Jonathon Hieb, who owns Sweet Pea with Katherine Zambrana. “I told him, ‘We’re not behind this prosecution. We don’t want anything to do with it.’ I thought for sure my input would have some kind of bearing, but he wasn’t hearing any of it.”

and

"When first contacted by police, Hieb said he would press charges. He said the men were found with a Sweet Pea Produce bag, which generally only could be acquired from inside the store. He didn’t want them released until he knew what might be missing from or damaged inside the store.

But Hieb said an inspection showed the men never entered the store and must have found one of the store’s bags in the trash area. When police gave Hieb and Zambrana paperwork to fill out and offer their side of what happened, Hieb and Zambrana declined and said they did not want to press charges.

“Immediately — the next day — we said, ‘We don’t want anything to do with this,’” Hieb said.

and

"“These guys jumped over the fence and got some over-ripe produce. What they did, at most, was a temporary slip of judgment,” Hieb said. “These guys are not criminals. For them to be in jail is ridiculous.”

[undergroundpanther]

2. Kick & ...Some assholes

will dump ammonia or bleach on their trash and produce ,some even put locks on dumpsters,so no"bum","profits" out of digging through THEIR dumpsters for food or materials they need to keep warm or survive. I tell you the ownership game has got to END sometime.How many have to be destitute before this goddamn stupid greedy culture we got remembers we have the rights to exist ,that we all need a commons,a place to exist,we all need food water etc,and a safety net for all?
Because for a few to HAVE so much,many must go without.I hate the greedy rich pigs like this produce company, putting someone in jail 6 months for dumpster diving ,for stuff they THREW OUT.FUCK THEM.
I wish there was a way to get back and be HEARD and ruin that company forever.

[katinmn]

4. I've seen the locks on dumpsters behind restaurants.

It's very sad.

Do these assholes think people want to get their food from a dumpster?
They are fucking hungry!