Teen curfews

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. They are stupid and do not accomplish anything.

For example, the 16 and unders covered by Mankato's largely unenforced curfew never tipped a parked car, set it on fire, set up 4 other large bonfires in the general vacinity throwing anything they could get their hands on into it (including some bikes and destroyed parts of fences) and tossed empty beer bottles at cops and police cars requiring the SWAT Team from Minneapolis to be flown down and the National Guard to be called up to restore order. It was adults in Mankato that did that.

Bismarck had a curfew, but it was also mostly unenforced. Over 90% of the time when adults complained about kids being out late it was because they were at some Christian event actually.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

On school nights, I'm all for it.  Kids should be home doing their homework and/or getting enough sleep for the next school day, barring any approved job which releases them by 10pm.

And what about the summer?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

17 year olds can only be out to 11? Fascist!

When I was 17 I was once out in Minot, ND until 2 AM (that was how long the show/"concert" I was at lasted), meaning I got home at around 4 AM. So were tons of other kids. No problems at all.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Do these apply if the teen is with an adult?

Not if it's a parent or whatever. But I imagine 18 year old friends don't count.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

ha, dazzleman exposed his racism here.

Anyway, the "teens are more likely to commit some crimes" argument is simply flat out false. Like I said in my first post, it wasn't 16 year olds in my city who tipped cars and set up bonfires in the middle of the street just for kicks, it was adults, mostly ages 18-25, some even older. And I have noticed that the people causing trouble after dark are almost always my age, not high schoolers.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Let's take a look at Mankato's most wanted: http://www.ci.mankato.mn.us/safety/mostwanted.php3

None are minors.

Now let's look at the active warrants: http://www.ci.mankato.mn.us/documents/activewarrants.pdf

The vast majority are adults.

Where are the statistics that show teenagers commit more crimes?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Look at the second list. That's not just of big criminals, it's every outstanding warrant. There are people on there for writing bad checks.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

My point is the list doesn't include only big criminals.