It's a crime to play chess in some public places in Manhattan

Remind me never to go to New York City. Another of those bastions of human idiocy where common sense and logic never see the light of day.

Apparently there is zero crime in Manhattan .. they have to invent crimes .. seven men have been charged with the "crime" of playing chess in an area off-limits to adults unaccompanied by kids -- even though no children were there.