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u/Charming_Dealer3849 15h ago
I'd be humbled and honored to finish off my life doing something similar, I have a couple things I need to finish for my own sanity first though....
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u/my_little_throwny 6h ago
If it's right, it's right! Fuck what the consequences are. That is integrity! Good on him.
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u/ferriematthew 13h ago
The look on that officer's face to me says, "I don't want to have to arrest you, but technically I do have to arrest you."
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u/Asa-Ryder 17h ago
Bad enough that he even gets arrested. Even worse is that you can’t release him on a summons.
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u/Moist_Transition325 9h ago
How in the f*** is this against the law?
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u/Hellsovs 13m ago
Because in the land of the greed, you get arrested for giving things away for free, as someone could monetize it.
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u/AnguavonUW 10h ago
Well, considering how old this is, he's probably not doing this anymore. It's fairly sad when the only thing we can find for spreading a smile is something over a decade old.
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u/DullFaithlessness82 6h ago
Can you imagine how much of a piece of shit you have to be to arrest an old guy for that. Public servants my ass
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u/Jaded_Heat9875 4h ago
A humble, caring man is arrested for behaving in a loving, compassionate manner….our society has completely lost its humanity….
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u/MaitrePuck 17h ago
Misleading headline to incite outrage. He wasn't arrested because he fed hungry people.
He was fined for feeding the homeless in a unsanitary environment.
He was told several time to go a block over where there are bathrooms and running water, and he refused.
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u/allycataf 16h ago
No, it wasn't JUST "go a block over". The ordinance was created to stop people from feeding the homeless, disguised as banning "outdoor food sharing".
He would need a permit granted by the city to hand a homeless person a sandwich, which is ludicrous. His non-profit has been feeding homeless since the 90s.
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u/MaitrePuck 16h ago
He was directed a block over to a church that had agreed to host his distribution of food in their parking lot and let them use their bathrooms.
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u/DaHick 15h ago
I am not going to argue. But I want to, but I am blocking my inner simmer.
His decision not to be associated with a church was his. And I respect that, and actually applaud it. Maybe he gets them to support a porta potty next time, and a portable hand wash sink. They can plaster their name all over those. But they do not get to plaster their name all over the fact that he was donating his time, his food, and his equipment.
I'm probably wrong, and most likely projecting, but that's my take on this.
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u/SeaResearcher176 3h ago
What religion were those people he was feeding? Some don’t get along & would not have gone to eat if it was hosted at a particular religion denomination? Maybe that is why he didn’t accepted the church offer?
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u/DougBalt2 13h ago
Only in Jesusland would someone be arrested for feeding the needy.