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Friend,

When Ricky Vickery stands by the side of the road, holding up a sign
that says, "homeless and hungry," he gets mixed reactions
from motorists.

Some lower their car windows and hand him money. Some call him nasty
names. Others mockingly wave wads of cash at the 57-year-old or
pretend to eat a sandwich before speeding away.

Still others call police in Montgomery, Alabama, who have ticketed or
jailed Vickery 15 times while enforcing a state law that bans
panhandling.
But not all police are quick to arrest him.

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"Some of them don't like the law. But a lot of them
do," he said. "A lot of them think it's a waste of
their time, you know. It ain't even police work, someone messing
around with people who are standing there holding a sign."

Recently, however, the police harassment of Vickery and other people
in Montgomery who depend on the benevolence of strangers for their
survival ended.
Under the terms of a lawsuit settlement that the Southern Poverty Law
Center and its partners announced just before Thanksgiving, Montgomery
police will no longer enforce two state statutes that authorize the
arrest or ticketing of people who panhandle.

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"I'm happy about it," Vickery said.
"It'll be good for me."

Vickery is one of at least 3,200 Alabama residents, including more
than 230 families and 290 veterans, who experience homelessness,
according to data from 2019. In Montgomery County, more than 350
people are homeless on any given night.

Panhandling laws, including those in Alabama, have their origins in
vagrancy laws that were designed to criminalize Black people after the
Civil War. The discriminatory impact continues today, with people of
color disproportionately harmed by laws that target people who
panhandle because of a lack of stable housing or resources.

'Doing the right thing'

The SPLC, ACLU of Alabama and the National Homelessness Law Center
filed the federal lawsuit against the city of Montgomery in February
on behalf of Vickery, Jonathan Singleton and Micki Holmes three men
who panhandle in the city to challenge two unconstitutional state
statutes that make it unlawful for anyone to "beg" or
"solicit," subjecting those who do so to fines or jail.

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In the same lawsuit, the organizations also sued Montgomery County and
the state of Alabama for enforcing those statutes. The lawsuit against
the state and county is still active, but the settlement ends the
litigation against the city.

"The city of Montgomery is doing the right thing by ending its
enforcement of Alabama's inhumane and unconstitutional laws that
criminalize homelessness and poverty," said Ellen Degnan, an
SPLC staff attorney. "Housing, not handcuffs, is the way to end
homelessness. While the terms of this settlement if correctly
implemented will help people who panhandle within the city limits of
Montgomery, there are still thousands of Alabamians who remain at risk
of being jailed or ticketed for simply asking for help."

In addition to no longer fining or jailing people for panhandling
under the state statutes, the city will also drop all outstanding
panhandling charges. What's more, the city will waive any
outstanding fines and costs owed.

Also under the settlement, the city is giving $10,000 to the SPLC
"to be used for charitable purposes on behalf of people
experiencing homelessness," the agreement states. The SPLC
intends to donate that money to Montgomery Pride United, which will
use the funds to provide emergency financial assistance to people
experiencing homelessness.

Read more here.

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In solidarity,

Your friends at the SPLC

 


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