2006-09-30 05:55:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Loitering means to hang out, to lounge around or to loaft in public places
2006-09-30 06:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by boy_jam_arch 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not littering; that's different. Loitering is legalese for hanging out. Just hanging out. Shouldn't be illegal, should it? And in fact, in many places, such as a public park, that's what is expected. But if you are just hanging out in front of a business, and the business owner notices that people seem to walk past rather than come in, he may ask the beat cop to have you move along and stop loitering.
The laws on it are pretty vague, but I was once involved in an ACLU case wherein the federal judge pointed out that a city cop could not bust someone for loitering in a public park, since that was the intended use of the park. If they had no other excuse to bust a person, they had to leave him alone.
They usually find other excuses, though . . .
2006-09-30 13:08:57 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Loitering means hanging out outside a place (usually a business) without buying anything
2006-09-30 13:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loitering is like if you're standing outside a business and aren't customers or staff but you're still hanging around. Businesses and facilities don't like people to be around the building unless you'r participating or purchasing because it gives a bad image of the place and people may turn away if many people are just loitering infront.
2006-09-30 12:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by CR2006 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It means hanging around somewhere too long, where you shouldn't be hanging around in the first place. Like if you see a group of people just hanging out somewhere and it looks kind of suspicous, they are loitering.
2006-09-30 12:59:27 · answer #5 · answered by Hmmm... 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is waiting (lingering) in a certain area when there is no established, legitimate reason. The laws against "loitering" are some of the most problematic, because they carry a measure of arbitrariness with them: the cops' interest in enforcement will determine whether someone is cited, not the law itself.
2006-09-30 13:01:03 · answer #6 · answered by voltaire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hanging around in an area that you are not supposed to. For instance, a group of teenagers "loitering" would be if they were just standing around in front of a store for a long time.
2006-09-30 12:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
loitering is being in an area (store, mall,etc) with no intent to buy anything. aka hanging around for no reason.
2006-09-30 13:04:08 · answer #8 · answered by smalldogmotorcycles 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hanging around without purpose
2006-09-30 12:57:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
it means to stay at a place with no intent on doing anything, for example you go to a gas station, but have no intent on purchase anything.
its a week law but it gets the "lowlifes" out of the more aristocratic stores.
2006-09-30 12:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋