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Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoAre you loitering if you’re walking the dog? What about if you’re smoking outside? What about if you’re sitting on a bench in a park?
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 hours agoIt depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoCheckmate. I guess I’m done for today.
Are you loitering if you’re walking the dog? What about if you’re smoking outside? What about if you’re sitting on a bench in a park?
It depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.
Checkmate. I guess I’m done for today.