Beware help beggars in New York ... imprisonment, your fate!

American Arnold Abbott His 90-year-old faces a prison sentence of two months and a fine of hundreds of dollars, and whose only fault is to assist the homeless and the poor, and this according to new rules adopted by a lot of American States this year, imposes restrictions on public nutrition for the homeless. Arnold Abbott on the US to refrain from assisting the displaced and providing food for them on the coast of southern Florida to feed hundreds of homeless, because it is threatened with imprisonment and the payment of substantial financial penalties. Gold seller to advocate for homeless The owner of the 90-year-old faces a prison sentence of two months and a fine of hundreds of dollars after they entered the new laws impose restrictions on public nutrition into force for the homeless in Fort Lauderdale, Florida earlier in the year here. Abbott says, "I was fighting for the oppressed throughout my life .. and this is not new." And last week, such as Abbott before the court for the first time with two of the clergy and volunteers in the association, which is not-for-profit (loved your neighbors). On Wednesday, several police cars waiting in Abbott Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale and the withdrawal of police skinny man who was wearing a white coat cooks shortly after the preparation of the first food distribution dishes. John P. said. Seeler mayor of Fort Lauderdale in a statement that "the law does not prevent the feed displaced but regulates the activity so as to ensure that the appropriate organization and a safe and healthy manner." Abbott moved to Florida from Massachusetts in 1970 and was active in the field of civil rights and a seller jewelry. And he and his wife began to feed the homeless and founded in 1979. Abbott began his association fully customizable in time to feed the homeless in 1991 after the death of his wife in honor of her memory. The dispute highlights a debate between two schools of activists rights defenders displaced: those who say that preventing public feeding of the homeless are driven to crime and others argue that nutrition and begging help lure in displaced to stay in the streets. Six cities have adopted laws imposing restrictions Since January January 2013 enacted the 21 cities across the country's laws impose restrictions on public nutrition and taught a dozen other cities to adopt similar laws, according to the report of the month of October, the National Alliance for the homeless. At the level of the United States tied at least 57 cities have banned or general nutrition for the homeless. Jerry Jones, executive director of the Alliance, "a behind the adoption of this type of provisions of the reasons is said that this is what cities can do without spending money." Among the solutions that are highly acceptable to provide beds for the homeless for a long time if they grouped themselves in rehabilitation programs. But it is very expensive solution for many of the municipalities that are struggling to combat homelessness. But sympathizers with the displaced say that this view ignores the cost of not addressing the issue humanely.