First Lutheran Church v. City of St. Paul

Notwithstanding the benefits of this partnership, acrimony quickly brewed nearby. According to First Lutheran, "a subset of several neighbors made it clear that they were opposed to Listening House and its visitors' presence" in the neighborhood. (Compl. ¶ 31.) Neighbors complained to the City of increased foot traffic and people sleeping outside, and of an increase in petty offenses such as littering and public intoxication and urination. Neighbors documented their complaints by, in part, taking photographs of people (e.g. , FL00110-142, 231-270), despite being told by police not to…