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Check local laws about blocking sidewalks. You may be able to report them to a parking authority. Also, it may be illegal to have a hitch like that on the back while not actively towing (in some states in the USA it is).
That's a bullshit bolt-on charge that cops use to enforce driving-while-black and everyone knows it.
Found one of the bastards that leaves the knee killer 9000 on his lifted princess truck that's never seen actual work.
And yet here we are with the hitch actively blocking even more of the sidewalk preventing someone with mobility issues from getting through. Seems like it's a pretty necessary thing that needs to be enforced more.
Both of these things can be true though.
Also in this case that hitch isn't effectively blocking any space the truck wasn't already ( with the trash can there, so much if the sidewalk is impassable due to the truck the hitch is practically a non-factor).
Generally the bigger concern about them is increased damage in a rear end collision.