90-year-old Florida resident Arnold Abbott said following his arrest
on Sunday that police couldn’t stop him from feeding the homeless, he
apparently meant it. Abbott was charged again on Wednesday night for violating a new city
law in Ft. Lauderdale that essentially prevents people from feeding the
homeless.
Abbott and volunteers with the Love Thy Neighbor charity he founded
handed out more than 100 plates of hot chicken stew, pasta, cheesy
potatoes and fruit salad to homeless men and women.
If he’s found guilty of violating city ordinance laws — his second in a week — he faces 60 days in jail or a $500 fine.
More then four police cruisers and approximately a half dozen officers with
the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department descended upon an area in the city
where Abbott, charity representatives and church members were handing
out hot meals to local homeless people.
One officer demanded that he “drop that plate right now” as others
picked up the trays off food and inserted them directly into the garbage
with lines of hungry, cold, homeless people looking on. The new law in Ft. Lauderdale comes after the city announced in January
that people are restricted from food sharing and
engaging in other “life sustaining activities."
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