This wasn't on a "street." From the description, this was a multi-unit condo complex with common areas, presumably maintained by owners' fees.
What right did Martin have to wander around in public without anyone talking to him?
“What right did Martin have to wander around in public without anyone talking to him?”
The right we **all have** is to not be required to interact with those types. In your world,,is everyone acccountable to explain their evening to Zimm the nut, or every busybody who demands some answers? NO.
Why?? Because those people can simply call the cops who CAN stop and identify him lawfully. Then Martin would not have the right to flee.
“this was a multi-unit condo complex with common areas, presumably maintained by owners’ fees.”
And he was there,, lawfully, as a resident. It wasn’t a Kibbutz collective. Rights and rule of law still exist. Even apartment dwellers don’t have to answer to every cop wannabe residents questions.