Raleigh plans 'community discussion' after Moore Square food flap

RALEIGH — City leaders and charity groups are still unsure why police cracked down this weekend on groups offering free food in Moore Square. They’re hoping for answers Wednesday, when City Council members will start a “community discussion” about how to feed homeless and indigent people downtown. The food flap made national headlines Monday and highlighted decades-old tensions between downtown’s homeless population and the workers, residents and visitors driving the area’s revitalization. With easy access to the bus station and soup kitchens, Moore Square has long been a popular hangout for the poor. But as development continues to grow around the 221-year-old...