Sunday, June 5, 2011

Homeless feeding: 3 members of Orlando Food Not Bombs arrested for feeding homeless at Lake Eola - OrlandoSentinel.com

Homeless feeding: 3 members of Orlando Food Not Bombs arrested for feeding homeless at Lake Eola - OrlandoSentinel.com: "Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested Wednesday when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park.

Jessica Cross, 24, Benjamin Markeson, 49, and Jonathan 'Keith' McHenry, 54, were arrested at 6:10 p.m. on a charge of violating the ordinance restricting group feedings in public parks. McHenry is a co-founder of the international Food Not Bombs movement, which began in the early 1980s.

The group lost a court battle in April, clearing the way for the city to enforce the ordinance. It requires groups to obtain a permit and limits each group to two permits per year for each park within a 2-mile radius of City Hall."

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