At least 20
loiterers were caught idling in the streets and violating city ordinances by the Pasay Police around the city.
Later, Duterte said he hadn't told police to arrest
loiterers. However, police appeared to have interpreted the president's words with a vengeance.
Lacson, a former PNP chief before his election to the Senate, pointed out that the arrests of
loiterers were based on local ordinances and would 'best be addressed' by local authorities.
The park has been a popular gathering spot for large groups of
loiterers, especially underneath the concrete shelter at the edge of the west Park Blocks.
Loiterers Those people who insist on holding lengthy conversations either on the steps of the stands or in doorways or passages while others are trying to get from A to B.
Shop and business owners have raised various concerns from the amount of rubbish in bins to issues concerning people's behaviour and
loiterers around empty premises.
Also, no other businesses used the alley at that hour and the club routinely used its security guards to clear the alley of
loiterers and maintain order.
Dianna Ferguson-Mosley, head of the Indianapolis Police Department's robbery division, commended businesses that took steps to thwart robbers: watching for
loiterers (potential robbers), and modernizing video surveillance equipment.
And of course, in addition to those who were well-intentioned, there were the vagrants, charlatans, and
loiterers, whose intentions were more dubious.
The litter on and off the track, the number of
loiterers in and around the toilets and escalators - including children wandering up and down - astounded me.
For example, in describing one of Malik's first encounters with some Harlem homeys, Jackson writes, "As I stood there it was like Malik had left his friends on the stoop and was standing in front of me, forty in hand, then spitting in my face, `Black boy blending.' The park was hardly a telephone booth and Superman I wasn't, but with a slow swagger I walked toward the group standing outside of the townhouse like I belonged in the neighborhood and they were mere
loiterers. Wassup?"
OTB is the domain of open containers and sketchy
loiterers. Soon, however, it may be a viable alternative to the Ground Round.
