The Milwaukee ordinance about loitering doesn't require trespass. That's a different bit of code.
106.31
I agree it's unusual to sit in your car at midnight, near a couple street lights, with your dome light on & a laptop open on your lap, in front of a building which has a sign in the window saying "FREE WI-FI".
I don't see how that "warrants alarm for safety".
And I did explain that I was using my laptop on their free wifi. (
Would have been obvious if they'd bothered to look over the situation.)
I gave the name of the owner (
which is a little unusual), explained that he leaves the wifi on for people to use whenever they need, he lives very nearby, & urged them to call him.
They didn't bother to investigate. It was much easier to hassle me.
(
He lives within sight of the coffee shop, & it took me maybe 2-3 minutes on the internet to find his home phone #. Surely with PD resources they could have done it faster if they'd bothered to try.)
1) The WI Supreme Court has said that it's not illegal (& not the grounds for persecution) to not give your name to police. They originally also gave me a ticket for obstruction, but it mysteriously disappeared.
2) To support both the claim of loitering & the charge of ccw, there is only the word of
one unobservant, lying officer [
we have proof of both, from their own reports & records, & an independent uninvolved witness] that she didn't see my pistol when she first looked in my car.
The evidence the PD provided clearly shows that she's unobservant, & her own reports show she's lying.
As long as the jury can understand the evidence they're seeing, they won't convict me on either charge.
