Reminds me of an incident of long ago across from the foot of the lily pond in San Diego’s Balboa Park. I was about 50 feet away standing under an arcade opposite the foot of the aforementioned lily pond. I was looking through the viewfinder of my camera, framing possible photos. While doing this a woman strode into my field of view 50 feet away, near the pond. Suddenly she stared at me and shouted: “Don’t take any pictures of me!” I quickly called back that I was not taking any pictures of her but merely framing possible pix even before she entered the scene. She then demanded that I leave or she would call police. I told her to call the police and that I would not be moving because I had done nothing wrong. She summoned police and soon an officer showed up. The first thing he did was demand the film from my camera. I said I was not giving it up and that I had taken no photos of the woman nor had I any intention of doing so. I also expressed the opinion that she might be deranged. The officer then told me to move on, a violation of my right to be there, but I decided that since I would have left by then had the screwy woman not created this incident, it was the better part of valor for me to leave, which I did.
What happens if one mentions he is a fan of sand and the hot looking women got in the way. :-)
When they tell you to move on, you have to move on, they get paid no matter what and they will arrest you, take you to the station, impound your car, let you endure a night in the drunk tank, the fees, bail bonding, probably a day of work, if you are poor with no savings, it can mean losing your car to the fees, losing your job, and several days in jail which of course in some cases when all put together, can mean losing your apartment.
They will do all this with no interest in whether you are convicted of anything or not, that wasn’t the point, the punishment was just taking you in to ruin your week.