cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1387388
https://archive.is/ZZcga#selection-261.0-261.102
Volunteers giving out free meals with the organization Food Not Bombs have wracked up 40 tickets seeking more than $10,000 in fines since March 1, four weeks before visitors began pouring into downtown for the Final Four.
The Houston law they were charged with violating — an ordinance against giving away meals unless you have permission from the property where you’re doing it, even if the property is public — was put in place by City Council in 2012 but largely had gone unenforced for over a decade, municipal records show.
The idea is so beyond insane. It’s like trating himan people like pideons or some other wildlife. Do any of these people actually think homeless people will magically become not homeless when they’re hungry? I keep trying to think of any other alternatives, but no, you’re right, the cruelty is intentional.