Sort of amazing isn't it. I dont recall extortionists announcing publicly their plans to shake down ever.
Jesse never fails to astound me with his in your face activities. When you think about it, he has been given an incredible pass to run around and pick pockets.
Jesse has been doing this for decades. He just never announced it publicly to anybody except the bank president or the newspaper publisher he was meeting with. It was basically a "give us money or we'll boycott you" message. It worked.