A group of young people, one toting a camcorder,
gathered with friends Sunday afternoon across the street from Massey
Park. The tape rolled as police made three arrests at the park. All
were charged with trespassing after ignoring repeated warnings not to
feed the homeless without a permit. James Ronald Dunson, 19,
Christopher Robert Ernesto, 40, and Amberly Nicole Banks, 22, were
arrested. Dunson faces an additional charge of resisting an officer
without violence when he went limp, forcing the officers to pick him up
to make the arrest. Tampa police spokesman Joe Durkin said the three
left officers little choice. ``We've given them plausible alternatives;
however, they refuse to comply with the law,'' he said. ``The police
have gone to great lengths to provide them with information on where
the feeding can be done legally.''