The Observer follows volunteers fighting against Bayou City's anti-food sharing ordinance, despite the legal consequences.
The Observer follows Food Not Bombs volunteers fighting against Bayou City’s anti-food sharing ordinance.Nick Cooper stands in the security line amid a sea of people with parking tickets and moving violations. He has an 8 a.m. hearing at the Houston Municipal Court about a citation he received this year for distributing food to unhoused people outside of the Central Houston Library branch downtown.
On the Food Not Bombs Houston website, a raised fist holding a carrot makes up the group’s logo. Underneath the image, in capital letters, it states: “NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING / BUREAUCRACY / PERMISSION!” While Cooper and his fellow volunteers sit through the slog of municipal court dates, some have taken the issue to federal court.
“Plaintiff’s freedom to share food and associate with the hungry by exercising his Catholic faith can be conducted at any time with the permission and approval of the property owner at 61 Riesner Street,” attorneys for the city said in their motion to dismiss. Richard’s team is specialized—the officers handle the Central Business District downtown, an area that includes the Central Library branch. They handle enforcement of things that fall outside of the regular patrol’s purview. Richard notes that there is “a whole lot of stuff out there that happens that’s a violation of city ordinances.” Officers are out there explicitly to enforce this ordinance because of orders from on high.
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