It's hard to find people willing to punish someone for feeding the hungry.
Even if there was a shortage at fancy restaurants because all the food is going to the hungry, I really can't be bothered to care. Oh no, people who can afford food have a smaller supply because people in need are eating on the regular? Oh well.
It is unjustifiably cruel and fucked up that anyone wants to criminalize any part of helping needy people. Criminalizing kindness isn't going to lead to a safer world. How could it?
The solution to prosecutor overcharging and borderline misconduct is jury nullification. You get called for a case you know is bullshit, you tell everyone what they want to hear and get on that panel to vote no.
It feels good to read that folks won't convict people for doing good deeds. It feels horrible that such a law exists and worse that police enforces it.
This may be the best thing I have ever heard about a large group of random Texans. No sports ball, no racism, no terrorizing the poor. I may have to recalibrate my "jumping to conclusions" about some Texans. Props to the ones feeding the homeless and the jurors who won't convict them on bullshit charges.
The government still sucks ass and they vote these assholes in but baby steps I suppose.
The fact that juries refuse to convict people for feeding the poor helps me see a glimmer of hope for humanity.
Houston is spending frankly stunning amounts of resources to write tickets their prosecutors don't even care to try to defend in court.
That's such a weirdly positive message.
It's hard to find people willing to punish someone for feeding the hungry.
Even if there was a shortage at fancy restaurants because all the food is going to the hungry, I really can't be bothered to care. Oh no, people who can afford food have a smaller supply because people in need are eating on the regular? Oh well.
It is unjustifiably cruel and fucked up that anyone wants to criminalize any part of helping needy people. Criminalizing kindness isn't going to lead to a safer world. How could it?
The solution to prosecutor overcharging and borderline misconduct is jury nullification. You get called for a case you know is bullshit, you tell everyone what they want to hear and get on that panel to vote no.
It feels good to read that folks won't convict people for doing good deeds. It feels horrible that such a law exists and worse that police enforces it.
Sylvester the Cat has a word for Houston city officials.
They didn't go looking for jurors around the Cato institute?
Maybe at a MAGA rally?
Have they tried claiming Love not Bombs is feeding illegal immigrants?
Texas you say? Hmmmm. That doesn't sound like razorwire central to me. They love Freedom to chose, don't they?
Couldn't even get a Jury seated? LAME-O!!!!! Go back to Meh-hee-co ya losah's!
Just "Texas".
And only just "human."
Texas never ceases to amaze me.
They so want a fight with the feds, but they don't want to be the one throwing the first punch, so they keep pushing and pushing.
Texas — New highs in low.
This may be the best thing I have ever heard about a large group of random Texans. No sports ball, no racism, no terrorizing the poor. I may have to recalibrate my "jumping to conclusions" about some Texans. Props to the ones feeding the homeless and the jurors who won't convict them on bullshit charges.
The government still sucks ass and they vote these assholes in but baby steps I suppose.
100% agree.
Effing pig bastards.
The historical range of jury nullification in Texas runs from feeding the poor to murdering some brown people.
Fight the good fight, Houston jurors!
People: "We can haz food not bombs?"
Texas: "No"
People: "What about food and just a couple of bombs?"
Texas: "OK"