© Anthony MartinoTwo activists with Food Not Bombs are handcuffed after they defied police orders to stop feeding the homeless in a downtown Tampa public park.
At nearby Lykes Gaslight Park, members of Tampa's homeless community were gathered for hot coffee and bagels, courtesy of the group Food Not Bombs.
There were no altercations, no illicit substances, no bad behavior—unless you count that, according to the City of Tampa, that coffee and bagels were illegal.
Why?
Because you have to have a special permit in order to offer free food to the needy in city parks. But obtaining a city permit to feed the homeless twice a week—to set up a table and open bags of chips and bagels and spoon organic beans and rice from a pot—can be pricey because of the insurance policy the city requires.
Given how often they do it (homeless people have to eat frequently, too), that can add up.
Volunteers with Food Not Bombs knew their actions were technically illegal. They had been warned about it earlier in the week.
And they did it anyway.
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The U.S. has never been really serious about fighting terrorism. It's too useful. (See for example: John Kerry admits that Russia entered Syrian war to stop ISIS, U.S. used ISIS to pressure Assad) Russia has always been serious about it, because terrorism has always been a real threat to them. If the U.S. were to get serious, that would be something amazing. But the war would have to be fought on two fronts, which includes purging the American deep state of its own terrorists.