Update: Check out this story for information about Arnold Abbott's second arrest.

Earlier: Feeding the homeless in Fort Lauderdale can get you arrested.

That was the lesson Arnold Abbott, 90, and two local pastors learned Sunday after feeding homeless people in public. The act violated a city ordinance that bans public food sharing. The law went into effect last Friday, Local 10 reported. Abbott is the founder of Love Thy Neighbor, a local nonprofit that helps the homeless. He'd only handed out a few of the 300 meals he had prepared to give to the homeless in the city's Stranahan Park when police told him to stop, or else, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Abbott who fought the city's 1999 ban on feeding the homeless on Fort Lauderdale Beach and won said he anticipated the police action. "As contemplated on Sunday, I was arrested for feeding the homeless and received a citation to appear in court," Abbott wrote on his public Facebook profile. "However, only 4 people were fed before an officer told me to, 'Drop that plate immediately!' As though it were a weapon I was holding, and to go with him to the police car."

Abbott was eventually allowed to load up his food and move the operation to a church driveway.

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