Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless - eviltoast
Roughly 90 tickets have been issued since March to volunteers with the loosely organized Food Not Bombs, which serves meals to people in need.

Too many of the potential jurors said that even if the defendant, Elisa Meadows, was guilty, they were unwilling to issue the $500 fine a city attorney was seeking, said Ren Rideauxx, Meadows’ attorney.

  • paridoxical@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2121·
    10 months ago

    So much time, effort, and resources wasted towards trying to fine someone $500 for doing something humane. Our “leaders” are out of touch with reality. Can we fine them for wasting our tax dollars on shit that doesn’t matter?

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
      172·
      10 months ago

      with “leaders”, the best course of action usually involves guilliotines.

    • Psychodelic@lemmy.world
      61·
      10 months ago

      You really believe that? I’ve had way too many conversations with people that generally support the mentality of the stick over the carrot.

      My cousin, totally not super conservative or anything, just gen x, was talking about how Mike Tyson (I think) had said his son couldn’t box like him cause he didn’t know what it was like to be hungry. I was just like, is that important for us to have boxers?