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- Zippo, on 07/03/2009, -1/+80I have to agree with him... to charge him with causing an obstruction when all he's really doing it standing there with his pets is ridiculous.
- KarmaPoIice, on 07/03/2009, -4/+54I have been raising a colony of squirrels on nothing but cardboard soaked in WD-40 in my basement for the past 14 years. Soon me and my children will emerge from the darkness and challenge this man in a battle for the souls of all humanity.
- sylox, on 07/03/2009, -0/+46This is horrible. This is the only job these street performers have and to start fining them and prosecuting them is insane. America is worried about the unemployment rate and San Fransisco is basically firing their homeless people.
The American Dream... fined for teaching animals to get along. - 1iProd, on 07/03/2009, -3/+40***** the police.
- techtock, on 07/03/2009, -4/+30Imagine if they had police like this in Jesus' day.
Police: "What's going on here? What's your name?"
Jesus: "Jesus of Nazareth, sir. Just healing some sick, performing some miracles."
Police: "Healing the sick, huh?"
Jesus: "Yes, sir."
Police: "Kind of a big crowd you got here, isn't it?"
Jesus: "Well, I guess there's a lot of people in need of some healing."
Police: "I'm sorry, son, but we need this walkway here free and clear for foot traffic. You're gonna have to move along."
Jesus: "But look, the people that aren't interested are just going around. There's no problem, sir."
Police: "I said move it along! Now, I ain't gonna ask twice. I'm this close to giving you a ticket."
Jesus: "Aww, come on, sir! Look. See this kid here? His legs are crippled. Just let me fix his legs and I'm gone. I promise."
Police: "I warned ya." -takes out ticket book- "There you go. You can contest it in court if you like. Alright, let's move along people, nothing to see, nothing to see."
People: "Awww!" "Booo!"
Jesus: "*****!"
Global cult averted. - ProfessorRiffs, on 07/03/2009, -0/+14This is *****! I've seen this guy and his pals in person, and it's nothing besides a dude doin' a funky thing. So it draws a crowd, big deal. This judge is a prick.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -3/+17That's because you're 13 yrs old.
- lex0nyc, on 07/03/2009, -0/+13Since when is drawing a crowd a crime? Politicians didn't want the competition?
- anotherjack, on 07/04/2009, -0/+13Too long? Dont read!
The cops around Union Square have it in for performers of any kind. I knew a girl who did a silent statue act that was somehow utterly ethereal, looking absolutely gorgeous, rolling crystal spheres up and down her arms, nice music playing softly while people drew messages about peace at her feet with sidewalk chalk. She was actually very powerfully demonstrating the value of silence and spirituality and slowing down, in the middle of a big commercial center at Christmas. People actually wept and thanked her for reminding them what mattered. It was magic. Cops got after her saying the peace messages counted as graffiti. Your own kids draw on the sidewalk with chalk, okay? It's not against any law or code. Plus, she wasn't doing it. They said there was no "amplified music" without a permit while pointing to a tinkly little boombox that was set to "volume 2". She was not inciting crowds to obstruct anything, nonetheless she was told that if she didn't do something to thin the crowd that would gather, she would be fined...this was a very wide area, and even with all the people gathered there was 6 feet clearance all around. They tried to fine her for her milk crate, the one she stands on, saying that the milk company had ownership, when it was a 15 year old crate with an incorrect address for a company that had gone out of business. They persistently were incredibly negative and bullying with her, and it was clear to all the performers that they just considered them to be a nuisance, because they were giving out happiness for free, when visitors were supposed to enter the Macy's and shop, go to the Victoria's secret and shop, etc, and never make eye contact or speak, just consume, consume, consume, for Christmas. - Pookatooka, on 07/03/2009, -5/+18Public good, positive externality...he should be subsidized, if anything. The judge, in effect, should be sued for treason (through attempts at hurting the American economy).
- FMDC, on 07/03/2009, -0/+13Large crowds at the corner of Geary and Powell? And they're blaming this guy? It's ***** Union Square. It's always crowded.
- anexanhume, on 07/03/2009, -2/+14I, for one, welcome our new combustible squirrel overlords.
- DaiMa, on 07/03/2009, -1/+12That judge is a DICK. Funny thing is that people cant get along as good as these three...
- Sainthax, on 07/03/2009, -0/+11Land of the free...
- Roobix, on 07/03/2009, -1/+9So this man and his pets walk into a talent agency...
- firewall1, on 07/03/2009, -1/+9well put
- Elliuotatar, on 07/04/2009, -0/+8So much for the right to peacably assemble.
- mywhitenoise, on 07/03/2009, -2/+9way to prove a point, sharky.
- spriggig, on 07/03/2009, -0/+7Yeah, you can't have free, family-friendly entertainment drawing people into the city. That sidewalk space could be used instead by a bag of month old trash or a mentally ill person turned out on the streets by our world-class health care system.
- slippeh, on 07/03/2009, -0/+7Street performers..perform on the street.
- TomGfromCanada, on 07/03/2009, -1/+8***** tha Police
- Pookatooka, on 07/03/2009, -2/+8I would hope that you could tell the second part of my comment was sarcasm...
- swamp916, on 07/03/2009, -1/+7aw im gonna miss seeing him around the city
- Xaevier, on 07/03/2009, -0/+6He is just going to move to a place where he won't get fined and make more money.
Plus this would only be the first of many fines. - PowderedToasty, on 07/03/2009, -1/+7I think he's making more of a statement by leaving.
- inactive, on 07/04/2009, -0/+5Where there's a crowd, there's money. Where there's money, there's the government looking to collect taxes/fees. If they can't tax you, then you're clearly an enemy of the state.
- Extrix, on 07/03/2009, -1/+6Here is the video of the spectacle in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85yrIgA4Nk - dman24752, on 07/04/2009, -0/+5With Dog-Cat-Rat Man and their message of peace and love between all of God's beings gone, I guess the only reason I have to go to San Francisco now is the rampant sodomy...
- ch0pin02, on 07/04/2009, -0/+5and the agency guy says, "well, what do you got for me?"
- ricemonster, on 07/03/2009, -2/+7It took me awhile to realize that it read "crowds" and not "clouds". I was wondering why he would get in trouble for drawing large clouds.
- tgc1, on 07/04/2009, -0/+5Terrists = 1, America = 0
- Vindexus, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5The crowd should split the fine.
- ThermiteTerrace, on 07/03/2009, -1/+5This man's made animal archenemies get along. And they fine him?
If only Emperor Norton were around... - tymme, on 07/03/2009, -1/+5EXCELSIOR!!!!
- maeon3, on 07/04/2009, -0/+4Charge the policeman with: "conspiracy and intention to contribute excessive standing near a dangerous sidewalk-obstruction" because the policeman no doubt had to stop near the pets to write him the ticket.
So it's a crime for the people to stand and gawk, but not the policeman.
We need to get the name and routes of these cops and get them charged on some ridiculous law like they do to others. Get a thousand people watching the policeman's every move, no doubt he'll make a mistake eventually, then throw the book at him. Sue him, charge him, take him to court! No mercy! - DaviDTC, on 07/03/2009, -1/+5People should go stand around the San Francisco Superior Court judge in protest.
- lex0nyc, on 07/03/2009, -2/+6Since when is drawing a crowd a crime? Politicians didn't want the competition?
- Pyehole, on 07/03/2009, -1/+4RTFA
- jaxter2010, on 07/04/2009, -0/+3So, the cat starts ***** the rat...
- skipvt, on 07/04/2009, -0/+3Stay classy San Fransisco.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -2/+5What a name.
- fety, on 07/03/2009, -1/+4DYSLEXICS UNTIE!!!
- dn11, on 07/04/2009, -0/+3they'll take my dog-cat-rat man from my cold dead hands!
- pika2000, on 07/04/2009, -0/+2Oh well. The public that are enjoying the performance are probably the same public that voted for the city's officials and/or ordinances. So, there you go.
- inactive, on 07/04/2009, -0/+2America hates the homeless. America hates freedom. America glorifies violence but thinks the children will be scarred for life if they see a topless woman before they're 18. We've become a Christian nation that starts wars over oil, and doesn't understand the concept of "do unto others as you'd have them do unto you"
Why does the rest of the world even bother with us. Our culture is sick and dying. Just quarantine the place before it spreads. - eyebits, on 07/04/2009, -0/+2San Francisco used to be the coolest place. In the past decade or so it has lost something. I used to live there and moved when I saw that the diversity that made the place great was being replaced by people with money.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -1/+3To SFPD:
Lighten up, Francis! - sageerrant, on 07/04/2009, -0/+2The rat looks like it's pretty comfy. A bit concerned by the foot traffic, maybe, but that's what the cat is for.
- Paulish, on 07/04/2009, -0/+2He would also be ticketed for practicing medicine without a license.
- BedPost, on 07/04/2009, -0/+2They're living better lives than not having any owner at all. They're clearly well fed and I'd be willing to be they've been checked out once or twice (if he's smart enough to train them, he's smart enough to keep his source of income healthy). These animals are better off than most of their brethren - if you're gonna feel pity, feel pity for the homeless, owner-less dogs and cats starving rather than these guys.
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