[lbo-talk] AP: "Homeless challenge public drinking law"

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 15 22:47:51 PDT 2004


[Brings to mind the Anatole France quote: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges and urinating in public."]

Homeless Challenge Public Drinking Law

AP - Tue Jun 15, 2:17 PM ET

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.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=12&u=/ap/homeless_challenge



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