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On June 8th, 2011, five volunteers with the organization "Food Not Bombs" were arrested for the horrendous crime of sharing food with too many people within 2 miles of City Hall. As individuals, the police were professional and it was clear from their body language that they did not want to be there doing this. However, they do have proverbial mortgage to pay and on this day they did make the choice to be agents of tyranny. This brings the total number of people arrested for feeding the homeless up to 12 within the first week of the law's enforcement.

Raw Video. Four Food Not Bombs activists arrested on June 6 2011 at Lake Eola Park, Orlando, FL. 3 More where arrested on June 1st. THe next Food Sharing will be 6/8/11.

Successful civil disobedience in response to Orlando Florida's unjust laws preventing peaceful people from feeding other peaceful people in public places.

July 6, 2011 - The organization known as Food Not Bombs continued to share food in Orlando's Lake Eola Park in spite of over 30 of their members or supporters having already been arrested for it....more arrest and police abuse of power...

ORLANDO --
Police in Orlando have concluded the level of force used in a takedown on an elderly man last month was approved.

The hacker group Anonymous on Monday declared war against the city of Orlando, Florida, over the arrest of people handing out food to homeless people.

Cost of a 15-pack of Crayola sidewalk chalk: $4. Cost to Orlando taxpayers for arresting chalk protester: $196,363. Chalk protester Timothy Osmar, who sued the city after his arrest, was paid $6,000 in damages, and the three First Amendment attorneys who took his case split $35,000. But the biggest expense was the two high-powered law firms hired by City Hall: Akerman Senterfitt was paid $83,293, and King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth was paid $72,070.

On August 19th Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced that he will drop the charges against the recently arrested Food Not Bombs activists. This includes 25 people charged with violating Orlando’s Large Group Feeding Ordinance as well as two trespass arrests.

Orlando CopWatch composed of Libery minded people of all ages challenges police abuse. Will they be a force to be reconed with? We'll See.