I submit that the cars driving by and the conversation of the merchant next to you was far louder than any drum circle in the distance. If you want to go over to the drummers and complain to them yourself, that is fine. However when anyone uses the power of government to repress and especially to disband an organization that is simply excercising a broad interpretation of free speech rights, that person or group who does this is being extremely petty in my opinion.

For the record, 501 c3's have only lost their non-profit status due to their political organizing when they crossed a very specific line defined by the IRS: they supported a particular political candidate during an election cycle. I've seen people on both the right and the left try to get their way with 501 c3's by claiming that they violated IRS rules concerning what is an educational institution or by claiming that they violated their mission statement. They pulled this kind of tactic because they thought the 501 c3 was either doing too much political lobbying or not enough lobbying respectively. This type of tactic would legally be characterized as "silly"or "frivilous" if it weren't for the fact that it is so sad. You people need to cool off and learn how to live and let live, or at least organize in legitimate numbers that will get the attention of the org that you want to influence without having to bring out the hired guns of the police state.