[HiTech RedNeck]

Circular argument. The businesses were open to the general public, therefore the legal presumption is that the general public is welcome on their property unless they themselves express otherwise; and they did not thus express themselves. Your city cops screwed this up big time and you should be as mad at them as anybody, because this did not need to happen. All the neighborhood nuisance activities you list (excessive noise, littering, vandalism, etc.) could be legitimately busted. But no. Your cops busted virtually the whole lotful of people for violating falsified "no trespassing" notices. Yeehaw. These cowboys aren't exactly the straightest shooting guns on the belt.

[Houmatt]

Circular argument my a$$. The businesses are welcome to the general public, but that does not mean the public is entitled to come there for the specific purpose of enaging in criminal behavior.

And who says they have to announce to the store management they are not there as customers in order for them not to be customers? Could that argument be any more ridiculous??