Curfew Persuasive Essay

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When the Government sees teens out after dark at night, they don’t see kids just living their lives but criminals trying to commit more crimes. When youths go outside at night most of them are just trying to have fun, get some fresh air, or maybe just to hang out with their friends, but with curfews, you can’t even walk across the street without an adult after the set time of the towns specific curfew. It’s not fair to punish all youths for the actions of the few individuals that actually commit the crimes.
First of all, curfews often don’t work as well as they are supposed to. Most youth will stay out after curfew because they don't think it matters, that it doesn’t apply to them, or because they just want to be labeled as cool because

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