Orlando Police Steal food from Children, and arrest 6 people.

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In June, 2011 week after week 4-6 activists of "Food Not Bombs" were arrested in Orlando, Florida for.........Feeding the homeless??? These activists were arrested under city ordinance due to the lack of a permit to feed large groups in the Downtown park. When they asked Mayor Buddy Dyer about this matter he stated "Food Not Bombs is using the homeless as props for their political purposes.". In what way could you see this as a way to manipulate the homeless? I would like to ask Mayor Buddy Dyer what he believes is the "Big political scheme" behind feeding the poor and what groups like "food not bombs" have to gain from this.

Tent cities, like this one in Florida, are growing all over America

If it is a political gain that the Mayor is trying to deny groups like "Food not Bombs" he is better off allowing the activists to feed the poor. The reason I say this is because of the huge uproar that police officers created when they arrested these people. Specifically, I am speaking of how the newspaper article had been shared 80,000 times on Facebook within a day and was sent out over Twitter nearly 1,300 times. Hundreds of people commented online, and the Sentinel (Orlando newspaper) has received dozens of emails, some from as far away as Europe, Asia and the Middle East. A few people complained to Orlando police and Orlando City Hall.

 So if the Mayor doesn't want to give "Food not Bombs" a political gain he should have considered how people would have reacted to the videos and articles which gave them positive recognition and therefore, a political gain. Besides this, I am personally angry that tax money is being used to pay officers to arrest people helping the homeless rather then helping the homeless to begin with. I am no politician but is just doesn't make any sense to arrest people for helping the homeless week after week. Maybe arresting people isn't the answer, and there has to be a much better way to deal with this. 

One of the activists stated "One in six Central Floridians are on food stamps. … The organizations that exist don't have the capacity to take care of the need". With this said it would appear to me that "Food not Bombs" is noticing a very important trend in society, UNEMPLOYMENT. The thing that separates them from most people that notice this trend is that they are trying to do something about it and were punished.

 I am unsure of what the true motives are for the Mayor or for "Food not Bombs" but regardless of this matter, it is absolutely terrible to see things like this in the media that show how much of a terrible situation we are in with employment rates and general welfare for the community. If it were not for our countries lack of employment you wouldn't see many groups like "foods not bombs" or homeless people that require assistance. According to PBS, American cities reported a 12 percent increase of homelessness since 2007 on average.