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I remember when I was young I got ticketed for trespassing on public property. I was so offended. Yet that’s the society we live in. Public resources aren’t for use by the public, they are for use by the small fraction of the public who control them.
We're gonna need the detail. The county jail is public property, but you can't waltz in and say hi to the inmates.
It was for staying too late in a public park. It was meant to be closed after dark. I overstayed by like an hour.
I think there’s a big difference between breaking and entering and trespassing. Going into a restricted area is more like the latter. Although there’s the whole ethics of a prison to consider as well but I don’t want to get into that.
But yes there may be a small number of situations where public access should be forbidden but right now that’s a minority of all of the completely unnecessary restrictions that exist.
So you were there when it wasn't public property, legally speaking.
In this case, they mean "public property" as in it's the property of the public. It's owned by the government, by the tax payers.
You're thinking public or state ownership. Public property is property generally meant to be used by the public. That doesn't mean that there aren't conditions to that use though, like hours of operation.
Most of this is in that article you linked...
You're buzzing around the point like a fly on shit
That would imply the point is shit, which I don't think it really is. It's more like they're buzzing around the point like how a fly will buzz around a chili dog at a baseball game. Likewise, they are being annoying and making it harder to digest.
Property generally meant to be used by the public is "open to the public," not public property. The grocery store is open to the public, but it is not public property, it's private property.
But why should a public park have hours of operation? Benches and open space don't stop working after certain hours, don't take resources or workers to operate, they're just there. Why should we punish people for enjoying the outdoors?
Swing through Washington square park at 2 in the morning, better still if you can do it 20 years ago