Last weekend there was violence in Hartford, a city of 125,000 people, and 11 people were shot, including a 7-year-old child.  The answer by the police is a 10 p.m. curfew of anyone 18 and under.  This link takes you to the Hartford Courant article regarding the violence and the proposed curfew.

This link will take you to the Connecticut ACLU website for their take on the issue.

Here’s a vid from Hartford regarding the ACLU challenge to the curfew.

Kind of interesting in that it parallels some issues that have arisen in Chico. I don’t think we’ve actually seen a curfew here (or maybe we have) but they are being used in other parts of the country and they’ve apparently been successfully challenged. Why? Because they typically lump together an entire class of people and place them under legal restriction. Pretty much a violation of their rights, right?