“Authorities have told our volunteers that they can share food but not have a banner or literature. The authorities have also sent informants to volunteer to bring the banner and literature and discard them in a dumpster on the way to the meal. When this fails they will arrest the volunteers for having a banner and flyers even though this is protected under the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”
— From this very long piece by Food Not Bombs about decades of police harassment and violence, subtitled “Solidarity Not Charity.” My comics and the dysfunctional SF Civic Center meal both get a little shout-out. I think the author felt sorry for me.
