The Miami City Attorney’s office has arranged for a $45,000 payout to a homeless man who sued the municipality over his arrests under an unconstitutional panhandling law. After lifelong Miami resident Willie White was arrested twice last year under the city’s 2010 ordinance prohibiting “soliciting, begging, or panhandling” in its downtown business district, he teamed up with nonprofit civil rights group Florida Justice Institute to sue the city…
Miami Set to Settle Homeless Man’s Lawsuit Over Panhandling Arrests
