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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Police could do something if they wanted. It's above the levels allowed by the noise laws. But if no one complains, it will continue. [/quote]
Even if people complain what would they do?[/quote]

Do you really think the police are powerless? There is a noise law that the police can enforce, and I'm guessing getting fined every day and told to stop under threat of arrest would go a long way toward getting them to go away. Do you really think that if they showed up on some random residential street, this would be allowed? Maybe the police give them more leeway because that plaza hosts concerts, and so it's just generally viewed as a noisy place and the police don't want to draw lines, but there's nothing wrong with allowing occasional concerts and not allowed random people with a microphone. But it will take a group of people calling the police and/or their elected officials a lot, and probably no one is motivated enough to take it on.[/quote]
If the police enforced noise ordinances to remove these people, activists and politicians would immediately complain and the MCPD commander would be out of a job. Police will do something about it when they know that their actions are not second guessed and criticized. [/quote]

Maybe, but if this happened in downtown Bethesda, do you think it would be allowed? My guess is no, and that's because the businesses and residents of Bethesda are more vigilant about not allowing this sort of behavior, and they would complain repeatedly to the police and elected officials. The people of Silver Spring like to complain but then don't take actions consistent with those complaints, or they are just more willing to believe that these nuisances are somehow a necessary evil associated with downtown areas and so we must tolerate them.[/quote]
That’s because the activists and politicians in Bethesda are different and have different values/constituencies. [/quote]

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