A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from May 27, 2023
“Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless & be sentenced to community service”

“Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless and get sentenced to community service” is a jocular saying that is, unfortunately, probably true.
     
“Please explain how you get arrested for feeding the homeless and sentenced to community service” was posted on Twitter by Randy Barefoot on May 7, 2017. “America!  Where you can get arrested for feeding the homeless and then sentenced to community service!” was posted on Twitter by FreeFall on June 4, 2018. “Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless and be sentenced to community service” was posted on Twitter by Guy Ondaleft on October 22, 2022.
     
“ONLY IN AMERICA CAN YOU GET ARRESTED FOR FEEDING THE HOMELESS AND GET SENTENCED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE” (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Sal the Agorist on May 26, 2023.
   
     
Twitter
Randy Barefoot
@theRealBarefoot
Please explain how you get arrested for feeding the homeless and sentenced to community service.
8:43 PM · May 7, 2017
   
Twitter
FreeFall
@FreeFallsf
America!  Where you can get arrested for feeding the homeless and then sentenced to community service!
12:22 AM · Jun 4, 2018 from Dana Point, CA
   
Twitter
P. Frank
@__PFrank
‘Murika…..
That great land where you can be arrested for feeding the homeless, and sentenced to…...
Community Service
7:54 AM · Oct 16, 2018
   
Twitter
Rick Walston
@RickyWalston
America, the only place where you can be arrested for feeding the homeless and be sentenced to 6 weeks of community service where you will . . . ya know, feed the homeless.
1:08 PM · Jan 1, 2019
   
Twitter
Wizard Khalifa 🧙‍♂️💨
@Dr3adPir8Rbrt5
In America, you can get arrested for feeding the homeless, sentenced to community service, and serve the sentence by feeding the homeless.
1:09 AM · Jan 12, 2019
 
Twitter 
Nate Van T.
@NateVanT
Welcome to America, where you can get arrested for feeding the homeless and get sentenced to community service. Doug Stanhope
3:13 PM · Sep 2, 2020
   
Twitter
mofo pyro
@PyroWCA
America.
Where you can get arrested for feeding the homeless, only to get sentenced to community service feeding the homeless.
5:39 PM · Sep 2, 2020
   
Twitter
Guy Ondaleft 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 🇱🇾
@GuyOnTheLeft1
In the United States you can get arrested for feeding the homeless and then sentenced to community service.
3:16 PM · Jul 2, 2021
 
Twitter
Guy Ondaleft 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 🇱🇾
@GuyOnTheLeft1
Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless and be sentenced to community service.
10:31 AM · Oct 22, 2022
       
Twitter
Jill Safran
@WittyMystic
On a different level, it reminds me of the recent case of the Arizona grandmother who got arrested for feeding the homeless and the court wanted her to do community service—such as feeding the homeless—to make up for her “crime.” Insanity is everywhere.
3:03 PM · Oct 28, 2022
 
iFunny
Freeborn
15 May 2023
WELCOME TO AMERICA Where you can get arrested for feeding the homeless And get sentenced to community service.
 
Twitter
Sal the Agorist
@SallyMayweather
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
ONLY IN AMERICA CAN YOU GET
ARRESTED FOR FEEDING THE
HOMELESS
AND GET SENTENCED TO
COMMUNITY SERVICE
8:03 AM · May 26, 2023

Posted by Barry Popik
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