Police Ticket Charity Group For Feeding Homeless People - Rebel HQ

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1. I found this link that adds some additional background and context...

https://apnews.com/article/volunteer-ticketed-feeding-homeless-a720d0d5868119f9ce5ab75f7bed551d

It's a "garbage law" but it is the law. The cop was not acting outside the scope of is sworn duty. Here are some snippets from the link above:

City regulations on who can provide free meals outdoors to those in need were enacted in 2012. The ordinance requires such groups to get permission from property owners if they feed more than five people, but it wasn’t enforced until recently, Nick Cooper, a volunteer with Food Not Bombs, said Thursday.

In a statement on Thursday, the mayor’s office said the city is now providing meals and other services for homeless individuals at an approved facility located about a mile north of the library.

The change was made in part because of an increased number of threats and violent incidents directed at employees and visitors to the library by homeless individuals, the mayor’s office said.