His first mistake was removing his tables. Then he put up a fence around the perimeter which would limit foot traffic from getting to his establishment. These were actions taken against his business practice. He shouldn't have voluntarily complied, WAY BACK THEN.
Orthodoxy SUCKS.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them."- Galileo Galilei