Roughly 90 tickets have been issued since March to volunteers with the loosely organized Food Not Bombs, which serves meals to people in need.

Too many of the potential jurors said that even if the defendant, Elisa Meadows, was guilty, they were unwilling to issue the $500 fine a city attorney was seeking, said Ren Rideauxx, Meadows’ attorney.

  • mob@sopuli.xyz
    12·
    9 months ago

    I dont think that’s the full story?

    and in Houston, they’d been doing so outside Central Library downtown for roughly two decades. In 2012, the city passed a law against giving free meals to people in need without permission, but Mayor Annise Parker’s administration gave permission to Food Not Bombs. That position was reversed by former Mayor Sylvester Turner.

    • calypsopub@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      Right. People complained about the library location blocking the sidewalk, so they were asked to move. The city in no way is against feeding the homeless.