article_snippet.sent: Attorney-turned-cook and activist activist Joan Cheever has spent the past decade feeding the homeless from the back of activist Joan Cheever charity food truck, until earlier this month activist Joan Cheever was slapped with a $2,000 fine for activist Joan Cheever charitable efforts.
article_snippet.sent: Punished for compassion: On April 7, San Antonio police officers issued a fine to local chef and activist Joan Cheever (right) for feeding the homeless at Maverick Park .
article_snippet.sent: activist Joan Cheever was issued a citation and a $2,000 fine for failure to serve food out of a licensed food truck .
article_snippet.sent: Mixed messages: After writing out the citation, San Antonio police officers allowed activist Joan Cheever and activist Joan Cheever volunteers to continue distributing the meals .
article_snippet.sent: On April 7, activist Joan Cheever and activist Joan Cheever band of volunteers were dishing out free food to those in need at Maverick Park on the outskirts of San Antonio when activist Joan Cheever was approached by four police officers on bicycles.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to ABC News, activist Joan Cheever said activist Joan Cheever asked the cops,
article_snippet.sent: After a brief exchange with the SAPD cops, activist Joan Cheever was issued a citation and a $2,000 fine for failure to serve food out of a licensed food truck.
article_snippet.sent: After writing out the ticket, activist Joan Cheever said San Antonio police officers gave activist Joan Cheever the green light to continue distributing meals.
article_snippet.sent: No letter of apology: activist Joan Cheever received this official letter from the city summoning the plucky Good Samaritan to court June 23 .
article_snippet.sent: I came back to the park the following Tuesday and was met with 100 people who had candles and signs,activist Joan Cheever activist Joan Cheever said.
article_snippet.sent: and I’m not going to stop,' activist Joan Cheever activist Joan Cheever declared.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Joan Cheever, a wife and mother, had graduated from a culinary school and was featured on celebrity cook Rachel Ray's daytime talk show.
article_snippet.sent: activist Joan Cheever said as much to Officer Mike Marotta as activist Joan Cheever was writing out the ticket to The Chow Train founder April 7.
article_snippet.sent: But activist Joan Cheever argued that activist Joan Cheever been distributing food in plain sight week after week for years, and local officers would pass by and wave at activist Joan Cheever.
article_snippet.sent: Some of local officers, according to the chef, even accepted meals from activist Joan Cheever.
highlights_snippet.sent: San Antonio police officers issued a fine to local chef and activist Joan Cheever for feeding the homeless at Maverick Park April 7 .
  