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Can cities arrest/fine people for being out past curfew?

A friend of mine was arrested and fined over $200 for going on a walk at 2 am - the curfew is 11 pm.

Doesn't that go against everything the U.S.A. stands for?


    




tgoreddevil
the cop should have given himself a ticket for being out past his own bed time


TedEx
Well, you could be out after curfew in some countries and you'd be shot or beaten by the police.
What the hell was he doing out at 2 AM. ??


Isabel
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are you from san jose? they are busting heads right now for stupid sh*t......curfew being one of those things. glad to be old.....


Gypsy Girl
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In some cities there are curfew laws, but they are usually restricted to young people who are likely to commit crimes. Not saying that your friend is a criminal, but your friend probably fits in the high risk age group for your area.

Those laws only come about because of really high crime rates. Most likely, your friend was putting her life in serious danger by being out at that time.


King Midas
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if he is a minor he should have been in the bed at 2 am. If it was an adult the only way they can enforce this is if a state of emergency was declared and your town was under martial law.


Blue Steel & Lace
If there is a municipal law in your city that imposes a curfew, then the police were doing their job.


bbasingal
The USA stands for freedom of it's adult citizens, minors have no freedom.

Hope this helps.


sam hill
You can get fined anywhere for curfew violation assuming you are under age.


CountyMounty
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They can arrest or fine depending on what the city ordinance or law provides for a penalty. I get a kick out of some people's answers on here. Laws are not just created for the fun of it or to get the city money, well I will admit there are a few ordinances that might be mainly there to earn some fine money, but most are directly related to public safety in some way. Cities that have curfews have them for a reason. The regular patrol officer does not see any of the fine money he/she gets paid the same if he arrest 10 people or 1 person a shift, they are just doing there job. As one person said consider yourself lucky you could be in a place under a 24hr curfew and the punishment is being shot if found out when or where you shouldn't be.


Rick
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you left out the age of your friend if he under 18 yea for your police force for cracking down on the delinquents in your city I think 200 is cheap and think 500 is better for juvies


trueblue3167
Nope.

Can't be out past a certain time if you're a minor, cause too much hate an discontent.


chris37mtx
if you live in the USA then you know that the city governments and the cops are just as crooked as the crooks, and they will do anything to get more money for themselves


Evil Neo-con Nazi
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Curfews are put in place for two main reasons. One is because there have been a rash of crimes, usually vandalism, that they suspect is being done by younger groups of people 14-17. So they put a curfew in place to see if it dies down at all.
Another reason may be that the police may have had reports of younger kids being approached by suspicious people after dark and want to take away the possiblity of a rape or kidnapping by simply taking away the prey.
My town has a had a curfew for years and it was because of a rash of vandalism.


acessdeneyed
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A federal judge in Chicago struck down a curfew law a few years ago, but I think it was on very narrow grounds, so many curfew laws that didn't fit that narrow case still stand.


V.T.V.RAM
It is wrong to stop people after the curfew timings.


fwdnine
In America yes, in a free country NO!





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