3 Fla. activists arrested for feeding homeless

[The Northerner]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Three activists have been arrested for feeding the homeless in a public park in violation of a City of Orlando ordinance.

Police officers arrested the three activists with the group Orlando Food Not Bombs on Wednesday evening after they fed about 40 homeless people in downtown Orlando's Lake Eola park.

The Orlando ordinance requires groups to get a permit to feed 25 or more people in parks in a downtown district. The rules also restrict the groups to two permits per year for each park.

The law was passed in 2006, but Orlando Food Not Bombs challenged it in court, claiming giving food to the needy in public spaces was protected by the First Amendment. In April, a federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled that the Orlando law was legal.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/02/2247990/3-fla-activists-arrested-for-feeding.html

[provis99]

1. we're now at the point in America,

where feeding a starving person is a dangerous revolutionary act. Frankly, an America like this doesn't deserve to survive.

[secondwind]

2. OMG! I cannot stand to read something like this..... I hope they are cleared of all charges.