A FNB volunteer recently got cleared of charges in Houston! https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/food-not-bombs-tickets-citations-trial-not-guilty-18267217.php It's not much, but wanted to share some positive news on this front, hopefully the countersuit sticks and FNB makes more headway to get the cops butting the fuck out of their mutual aid :)

Just looked this up to get more info, looks like it started in 2016

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/24/586579455/french-food-waste-law-changing-how-grocery-stores-approach-excess-food

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/is-frances-groundbreaking-food-waste-law-working

Good fit for /c/zerowaste too