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More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless : The Salt : NPR
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What???
Helping people eat could be a crime??? With Fines?
Does this make sense?
According to a report released Monday by the National Coalition for the Homeless, 21 cities have passed measures aimed at restricting the people who feed the homeless since January 2013. In that same time, similar legislation was introduced in more than 10 cities. Combined, these measures represent a 47 percent increase in the number of cities that have passed or introduced legislation to restrict food sharing since the coalition last counted in 2010.
:shock:
What???
Cities like Fort Lauderdale aren't throwing people in jail for feeding the homeless or being homeless. But often, they're creating more ways to impose fines.
Helping people eat could be a crime??? With Fines?
Does this make sense?