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Patriot,

Can you IMAGINE being arrested for helping someone in need?

Austin Davis was.

As a college student, he realized that homeless people were going hungry on
the weekends, so he took it upon himself to feed them on Sundays. He got
donations of food and time from friends, local businesses, and other nonprofits
and took to the streets to do good.

He named this venture the Sunday Family Picnic and gracefully fed people
every week for about two years. The city even gave him an award for his
community service!

Not long after receiving that award, local officials had the opportunity to
bring a professional sports team to the area, so they had to move the homeless
people that Austin worked so hard to help.

Instead of communicating the income opportunity for the city and trying to
find a new place for the homeless people to live, local police officers were
sent to arrest Austin and claimed that he failed to get the required “special
event” permits, costing $125-$3,000, and liability insurance needed to provide
meals to the homeless, in hopes that those people would stop hanging out in the
area.

In pursuit of one goal, government officials simply dismissed the vital
importance of feeding people in favor of paperwork and following a process.

And Austin, and the hundreds of people he helped, were the ones who suffered
the consequences.

Respect America is exposing government coercion and the devastation it causes.
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Austin’s full story shows that logic wasn’t the driving force behind the
coercion in Tempe.

Instances of gross negligence and unnecessary bureaucracy need to be brought
to the public’s attention. That’s why we founded Respect America: to make sure
every American hears the harrowing stories of everyday coercion and how that
coercionALWAYS has a negative effect on human happiness, harmony, and
prosperity.

We are working toward a world where individuals find voluntary solutions to
social problems instead of turning to the intolerable mechanisms of violence,
theft, and coercion.

I need your help to make the American people fully understand just how many
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Austin’s nonprofit, called AZHugs, had built relationships with larger
nonprofits, had been meeting with the mayor and other city officials, and was
looking to grow the services AZHugs provided.

But everything changed when city officials made an effort to bring the
Arizona Coyotes professional hockey team to Tempe and stop the Sunday Family
Picnics.

But Austin refused to stop feeding hungry people.

In response, the City –

* Handed him a permit rejection
* Began issuing citations on the Sunday Family Picnic
* Banned Austin from the parks
* Charged him with criminal trespassing for ignoring the ban
* Took Austin to jail several times.
They treated Austin like a criminal. But he isn’t violent. He isn’t a danger
to anyone.

“Literally, all we're asking you to do is not arrest us if we feed people.”
-Austin Davis


If anyone else were persecuting Tempe residents for nonviolent crimes, it
would be considered unacceptable, but the government officials claimed special
permission to do harm.

Austin’s story isn’t uncommon. He and the people he works to help are just
the latest in a long line of people who’ve suffered at the hands of coercive
government practices.

At Respect America, we use our platform to highlight a particular type of
human suffering that is often overlooked.

By showing people a human face, real names, and the real consequences of
government coercion, we can make sure EVERY American sees how these intolerable
mechanisms do more harm than good.

Your generous support ensures these stories will be impossible to ignore.
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Thank you so much for your help.



Hannah Henriksen

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