10-11-2007, 12:08 PM
Quote:A Florida man who deliberately defied an Orlando ordinance which prohibits feeding the city's homeless will become the first person to face trial for the offence when he's hauled before a judge and jury.
According to wftv.com, 22-year-old Eric Montanez was in April this year caught on video camera providing nourishment to a group of the less fortunate in Lake Eola Park in contravention of the ban on "mass feeding in one area". He was duly cuffed for his trouble...
Montanez said: "The law itself should be illegal. Feeding people should not be criminalised. Being poor should not be criminalised." He added: "We're ready to take this on."...
full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/...kerfuffle/