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Posted by: Inspector

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia may have to pay the piper.
Street musician Felix Wilkins was arrested, handcuffed and hauled away by police for playing his flute in the upscale downtown neighborhood of Rittenhouse Square.
Residents had been complaining about the public entertainers. A day after police picked up Wilkins last March, they arrested a singer.
Wilkins claims he has a right to play music on a city street, and a judge agreed with him last month, dismissing the charges.
Now, Wilkins is suing the city.
As for the singer, he gets his day in court next week.

Posted by: Cinderella

Man Acquitted for Loud Park Singing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man was acquitted Tuesday after being arrested for refusing to heed a police officer's command he stop singing in a public park. A judge found Anthony Riley not guilty of disorderly conduct, saying "This is America, not Afghanistan."
Riley, 20, had faced a three month sentence after loudly singing "A Change is Gonna Come" in Rittenhouse Square in downtown Philadelphia in March.
Greg Wilkinson, the arresting officer, testified Riley was singing so loud his voice drowned out his police radio.
"All he had to do was lower his voice and this never would have happened," prosecutor William James said.
Witnesses testified that Riley had asked Wilkinson what the law was restricting him from singing in the park. Wilkinson responded that he was the law. When Riley asked Wilkinson whether he was still in America, Wilkinson replied "this is Afghanistan," according to witnesses.
The city is now reviewing what sorts of music should be allowed in its public parks. Defense attorney Evan Shingles said Riley had every right to ignore the officer's unlawful command.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070703/D8Q5BJL00.html

Posted by: Inspector

It would appear Philadelphia has not learned as 4 days ago this item appeared on this board:

Posted by: Cinderella

sorry i didnt see that my mistake

Posted by: Inspector

You didn't make a mistake Cindy. It's really two different cases

Posted by: SOT

Did someone just merge two different threads into one?

Posted by: kwflatbed

Quote:

Originally Posted by SOT

Did someone just merge two different threads into one?

If you read them they are related

Posted by: SOT

Yeah I get that...I had just clicked on the other link and the thread was gone.
Maybe edit Inspectors post to kill the link to the other thread.

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