GAK, surely you have read previous mentions here by myself and others about illogical laws being proposed, then imposed (quite forcefully) by the cops. This is NOT a joke and to those of us who live here it damned sure ain't funny.

I'm sure the impetus for this new law likely came from retail business owners trying to keep the homeless from impeding or decreasing business but makin it illegal to feed them seems ridiculous and goes against any sort of humanity based ideology. When you asked why the cops would enforce it, the cops would likely say their usual retort which is "We don't make the laws, it's just our job to enforce them", which is of course dual purposed as both the truth and a cop out.

The truth is, there is and has been, a steady incursion upon citizens rights by the cops and they are getting ever more heavy handed and forceful in how they enforce the law. I personally have come to have little respect for the cops anymore.

The way cops and society interacted 30yrs ago where each had respect and empathy for one another has all but disappeared leaving a scenario where it's basically the cops against society