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There's probably not any one single thing that I would do but interestingly enough I was charged once with a misdemeanor for providing food to the homeless and arrested, finger printed, and then released. At the hearing, the arresting officer failed to show and the judge, being a rather empathetic and progressive individual had the following to say to me:
I am reminded that there are good people in this world.
Sadly these good people are not enough in these positions of power to make the world a better place :(
That's beautiful, thanks for sharing. People like you and the judge, who will go against the grain to do the right thing, are what let me hope that we as a species might someday be able to get our shit together.
The judge is awesome and so are you. Which stupid law was that btw?
I don't remember now because it was a long time ago. It happened when I lived in AZ.