{"id":3862,"date":"2013-08-27T00:29:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T05:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2013-12-13T08:10:11","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T13:10:11","slug":"feeding-homeless-will-get-you-arrested-in-raleigh-and-over-50-us-cities-es-prohibido-por-ley-alimentar-a-los-desamparados-en-raleigh-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/feeding-homeless-will-get-you-arrested-in-raleigh-and-over-50-us-cities-es-prohibido-por-ley-alimentar-a-los-desamparados-en-raleigh-nc\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding homeless will get you arrested in Raleigh and over 50 US cities – Es prohib\u00eddo por ley alimentar a los desamparados en Raleigh NC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"<\/a>Do you know that in over 50 large US cities it’s illegal to share food with the homeless<\/a>? Members of the church Love Wins in Raleigh, North Carolina learned this yesterday when they were threatened with arrest for distributing food to homeless in a park. The state of civil society in the United States is in much worse trouble than most people know.<\/p>\n

\u00bfILEGAL SERVIR ALIMENTOS a desamparados en Raleigh, Carolina del Norte? Puede sonar a broma, pero la realidad es que oficiales de esa ciudad amenazaron con arrestar a voluntarios de la iglesia Love Wins que se dispon\u00edan a repartirle comida a los necesitados en un parque. Hoy la noticia recorre las redes.
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Rev. Hugh Holowell tells the story<\/a><\/p>\n

On the morning of Saturday, August 24, Love Wins Ministries, where I am pastor and director, showed up at Moore Square in Raleigh, North Carolina at 9:00 am, just like we have done virtually every Saturday and Sunday for the last six years. We provide, without cost or obligation, hot coffee and a breakfast sandwich to anyone who wants one. We keep this promise to our community in cooperation with five different, large suburban churches that help us with manpower and funding.<\/p>\n

On that morning three officers from Raleigh Police Department prevented us from doing our work, for the first time ever. An officer said, quite bluntly, that if we attempted to distribute food, we would be arrested.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

El Diario reporta<\/a><\/p>\n

En un blog levantado el d\u00eda del incidente, Hugh Hollowell, reverendo de la congregaci\u00f3n, relat\u00f3 que cuando el grupo se dispon\u00eda a repartir caf\u00e9 y pan a, aproximadamente, 70 personas que hac\u00edan fila, tres oficiales lo impidieron.<\/p>\n

Cuando los presentes cuestionaron la raz\u00f3n, uno de los polic\u00edas dijo que la acci\u00f3n violaba una ordenanza, pero no ofreci\u00f3 m\u00e1s detalles. \u201cYo te estoy diciendo lo que es. Ahora, si repartes la comida, puedes ir a la c\u00e1rcel\u201d, se limit\u00f3 a contestar el agente seg\u00fan narr\u00f3 el religioso en la p\u00e1gina web.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Outrage and concern have circulated through the internet and social media, prompting Mayor Nancy McFarlane to schedule a special emergency meeting to discuss how to feed the homeless. Indignaci\u00f3n y preocupaci\u00f3n han circulado a trav\u00e9s del Internet y las redes sociales, lo que provoc\u00f3 Alcaldesa Nancy McFarlane programar una reuni\u00f3n comunit\u00e1ria especial sobre alimentar a las personas desamparadas.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What You Can Do<\/strong>
\nSeveral things. While it was Raleigh Police Department that threw us out of the park and threatened to arrest us, we realize they are acting under orders. Ultimately, they serve the interests of the Mayor and the City Council. In the words of the officer in charge today, “You need to take it up with the City Council.”<\/p>\n

And if history has taught us anything, it is, as Frederick Douglass said, that “power concedes nothing without demand.”<\/p>\n

1. Below are the email addresses and phone numbers of the Mayor and of the City Council members. We encourage you to continue to call and voice your concern. We spoke with the Mayor yesterday, and while she did say that no one will be arrested for feeding hungry people in the park, it’s important to continue to make your voice heard. The status quo is not acceptable.<\/p>\n

Keeping in mind that we win over no one with anger or rudeness. Anger does not cast out fear \u2013 only love can do that.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Out of town folks, call any and all of the City Council members.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Raleigh residents, call the City Council member representing your district. You can find your district by entering your address here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City Council At Large
\nMary-Ann Baldwin – 919-996-3050
\nCity Council At Large\/Mayor Pro Tem
\nRuss Stephenson – 919-996-3050
\nDistrict A
\nRandall Stagner – 919-996-3050
\nDistrict B
\nJohn Odom – 919-996-3050
\nDistrict C
\nEugene Weeks – 919-996-3050
\nDistrict D
\nThomas Crowder – 919-996-3050
\nDistrict E
\nBonner Gaylord – 919-996-3050
\nMayor
\nNancy McFarlane – 919-996-3050<\/p>\n

2. Post the link to this post on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit or any other social media outlets you have access to. Again, we have done nothing wrong, and have no desire to hide.<\/p>\n

3. If you have contacts with people of influence (media, celebrities, etc.), please pass this story along to them or give them my email address hugh@lovewins.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Stay up to date. The most current information will be on our Facebook page, which you can like to receive those updates automatically.<\/p>\n

5. If you’re local, attend the public City Council meeting (when it is announced) that will directly address this issue.<\/p>\n

6. Pray for our friends who are hungry, and now have nowhere to eat. And pray for us, so that we do not lose our tempers and along with it, our soul. And pray for the officers and people in power, who are working against our goals.<\/p>\n

Pray for all of us, in fact, because we all need it, and our liberation is bound up in each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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