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Homeless Fight Public Drinking Law
#1
Hey, how about getting a fucking job?

If you've got time to deliberate in court, maybe you have time to sweep a fucking floor???

Homeless Challenge Public Drinking Law
Tue Jun 15, 2:17 PM ET

By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - If the rich and powerful can drink in a public park in the weeks before next year's Super Bowl, why can't the homeless do it now? That is the question the lawyer for three homeless men is raising in a court challenge over their arrest for drinking in a park that will be part of a designated party zone before the Super Bowl.



The three men were arrested in February in Treaty Oak Park on charges of drinking in public.


The park is inside a 2 1/2-mile entertainment zone adopted by the City Council in May. Beginning 18 days before the Feb. 6 Super Bowl, laws against open containers, noise pollution and outdoor alcohol sales on city property will be suspended in the zone.


Attorney Tyler McKinney says the zone benefits those attending the Super Bowl festivities, but can be manipulated to discriminate against the poor, she said.


"The city's actions ... show the ordinance has room for selective enforcement and should therefore be held unconstitutionally vague," McKinney said in court papers.


Duval County Judge Charles Cofer has scheduled a hearing for July 23.


City Hall attorney Scott Makar said he believes McKinney's arguments will fail in court. He said the actions of the three men have nothing to do with the Super Bowl.


"These guys were drinking in a public space. What happens in the Super Bowl is irrelevant," Makar said.


The NFL typically requires such entertainment zones in host cities in the weeks leading up to the game in order to extend the festival atmosphere surrounding the Super Bowl.


It unusual for people to challenge public drinking ordinances and most defendants plead guilty. The usual punishment is a night in jail.
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#2
this is going well
I love him. He's like those happy old people who become known for sitting by the side of a busy street and waving to passing cars. People drive by regularly and beep just to see him and get him to wave to them.

That's just like our Arpi... except he doesn't wave or anything. He just says mean things to you.


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#3
since when do the homeless matter?
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#4
when they push you in front of a train.
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#5
people shouldn't stand so close to the edge.
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#6
those people deserve a good pushing!
I love him. He's like those happy old people who become known for sitting by the side of a busy street and waving to passing cars. People drive by regularly and beep just to see him and get him to wave to them.

That's just like our Arpi... except he doesn't wave or anything. He just says mean things to you.


GonzoStyle Wrote:I pledge my undying love for Arpi, any retraction of this undying love is to be ignored.



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#7
Arpi understands - it's like they're askin' for it!!
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