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As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter (www.jsonline.com)
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[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So he opened his church to the unhoused during freezing weather, was offered a citation for doing so, refused to stop and is now facing charges.

Sounds like a cool dude.

[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago

Yeah, the fact that he even has to waste time and money on this bullshit should have the D.A. immediately disqualified ever serving in the role again. What a fucking waste of time and resources.

[–] centof@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Charged because of business vs residential zoning.

Abolish Zoning

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

It happens a lot. Place near me got hit a year or two ago. Bad storm, and our only shelter wasn’t big enough. Had a church put people in their gym and boom, prosecuted.

[–] Rivalarrival 1 points 7 months ago

Sounds like some stupid lawyer bullshit to me.

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

There's a lot wrong with this post. I can fix the first problem, that the linked article is behind a paywall. Here's a working version of the article.

But also, this isn't a news article, it's an opinion piece. Does this sublemmy not have a ban on opinion articles? By definition, they are never newsworthy. They're certainly not held to any journalistic standards, as they aren't journalism.

I think this is a primary-source news article about this pastor.