▲ 157 ▼ Houston to refile cases against Food Not Bomb volunteers feeding homeless (www.chron.com) submitted 3 years ago by USAONE@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments Cases against volunteers with Food Not Bombs were dismissed on Thursday, but the city attorney said he intends to press the issue.
[+] reddig33@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 31 points 3 years ago (1 child) if you’re going to do it on public property, do it at the site we’ve set up for this purpose From what I've seen when this was first posted on Lemmy, "the site we've set up for this purpose" was the former police headquarters. A lot of people, especially not rich people living unhoused, might not want to go onto police property, especially in a city like Houston. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] reddig33@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@ttrpg.network 9 points 3 years ago ...the point of the law is to stop people feeding the homeless. In their fucked up minds, if they make the city inhospitable to the people without money or resources, they'll leave. Ignoring the fact that they don't have the resources to do that. So it's basically a "if you're homeless, die quickly" law. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gargantuanprism@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah but you do realize that no one will ever be able to successfully navigate those hoops permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vent@lemm.ee 12 points 3 years ago Seminar sounds like the city can make it difficult by not offering it or charging some ridiculous price. Other than that, finding a business to let you use their parking lot once a week doesn't sound that difficult. People do it all the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 31 points 3 years ago (1 child) if you’re going to do it on public property, do it at the site we’ve set up for this purpose From what I've seen when this was first posted on Lemmy, "the site we've set up for this purpose" was the former police headquarters. A lot of people, especially not rich people living unhoused, might not want to go onto police property, especially in a city like Houston. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] reddig33@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@ttrpg.network 9 points 3 years ago ...the point of the law is to stop people feeding the homeless. In their fucked up minds, if they make the city inhospitable to the people without money or resources, they'll leave. Ignoring the fact that they don't have the resources to do that. So it's basically a "if you're homeless, die quickly" law. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] reddig33@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@ttrpg.network 9 points 3 years ago ...the point of the law is to stop people feeding the homeless. In their fucked up minds, if they make the city inhospitable to the people without money or resources, they'll leave. Ignoring the fact that they don't have the resources to do that. So it's basically a "if you're homeless, die quickly" law. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chuckleslord@ttrpg.network 9 points 3 years ago ...the point of the law is to stop people feeding the homeless. In their fucked up minds, if they make the city inhospitable to the people without money or resources, they'll leave. Ignoring the fact that they don't have the resources to do that. So it's basically a "if you're homeless, die quickly" law. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gargantuanprism@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah but you do realize that no one will ever be able to successfully navigate those hoops permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vent@lemm.ee 12 points 3 years ago Seminar sounds like the city can make it difficult by not offering it or charging some ridiculous price. Other than that, finding a business to let you use their parking lot once a week doesn't sound that difficult. People do it all the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vent@lemm.ee 12 points 3 years ago Seminar sounds like the city can make it difficult by not offering it or charging some ridiculous price. Other than that, finding a business to let you use their parking lot once a week doesn't sound that difficult. People do it all the time. permalink fedilink source parent