Curfew Persuasive Speech

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How would you feel if you were playing basketball after 10:00 at night and got arrested? There should not be a law that requires all young people under the age of 18 to be off the street by ten o'clock PM. The curfew should not be put into act because it won't make black minorities feel safe and can lead to further delinquent behavior. Police also would be biased, and parents should be able to make decisions on their kids' curfew.

First, teenagers do not like seeing police around them. Studies have shown that 80% of African American teenagers don't enjoy seeing cops around them due to some of the racist affairs. 75% of African American teenagers are afraid because of the police killing unarmed black people. Those incidents showed

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