The other article VG posted says one of them was pulled off their own porch, while another was tased. Nothing I've seen indicated this happened on public property.
There’s actually video of someone coming over a railing towards the end of the news video. So, I’m not sure how they justified (or tried to) that person’s arrests, unless they make some sort of *claim* that they already had cause to arrest and they stepped onto the porch, just before the video catches that. But even there, it’s ridiculous to drag someone over a railing and risk significant injury for a petty charge. It’s just not worth it.
Two other things I caught from that :
1 The sidewalk and the area between the sidewalk and street, makes up 1/3 or more of the distance between their front porch and the street. It’s really tiny front yard, and anyone off of the porch can’t take more than a few steps without being on or past the sidewalk. To enforce a loitering ordinance in such a setup is bullshit, unless they are physically blocking other people from getting past.
2. One of the arrests in that same video, you can see the officer point to the house and say “your sister lives there, not here” before pointing down to the sidewalk. So it looks like they might be trying to claim they can enforce loitering there.