LogFAQs > #885371852

Mal_Fet posted...

Loitering isn't what's happening in this case. A private organization is utilizing a sidewalk for their purposes; again, this is the reason they aren't allowed to stick signs in the middle of a public walkway. And for the police to show up, clearly there must have been more than just a couple people blocking the sidewalk.

So you're saying if they were standing there but not intending to go inside, that would be legal, but it isn't because they're waiting to go inside? The distinction between a public use and a private use here seems a bit fallacious, since a member of the public is trying to use a private establishment. It seems to me that you just want them to be in the wrong -- I've never seen anyone harass a theater goer who is waiting to get tickets to Godspell in the sidewalk. People set up camp sites for that kind of thing all the time in public spaces and get little grief.

As to that last part; how about the fact that no one actually got in trouble being proof no one was doing anything wrong?
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