Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
I don't care what anyone says.
When tourists downtown take a picture with the buskers, are hustled for a $100 tip, and then threatened with violence if they don't give it, that's a big problem.
Might not be a problem for you or me, because we don't engage in these services. But for the tourist from the midwest, this can be a big problem, and it shouldn't be happening.
As I said, run some undercover officers out there, make some arrests, throw some of the buskers in county jail for 30 days, and watch this all rapidly improve.