Re:"... tell the kids to find somewhere else to hang-out."
@JonB
I suppose you have never heard of the idea of media bias or you would not be citing those examples. "Man asks youths to move on, and they do" does not exactly make for a headline which sells newspapers unlike "MAN SAVAGELY BEATEN TO DEATH BY FERAL AIDS INFECTED CRACK ADDICT SINGLE MOTHERS ON BENEFITS!!!!!!"
especially if you happen to also have an agenda to push.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
