‘Criminalized Kindness’: Elderly Resident Arrested for Feeding Homeless People at Park

On Tuesday, an Arizona woman filed a federal lawsuit challenging an ordinance that led to her arrest this year for feeding the homeless. The Mohave Valley Daily News reported that Norma Thornton, 78, has been the only person arrested under Bullhead City’s ordinance that almost completely bars any food-sharing events at public parks. Thornton regularly …