If it was not illegal then why the need to tell him to move along? And what if the other two 'disorderly conduct' citations were for similar reasons? If I am sitting in a public area doing absolutely nothing wrong then I don't expect to be harassed by police and rent-a-cops. Or are we now living in a society where what is legal depends on the mood of the cop at the time?
Well, that’s why some places have laws against loitering. Like I said, I don’t the particulars of the situation. If it was a public area, then the guy shouldn’t have been forced to move. If it was a private area, as some have claimed, then different laws apply.