Daytime Curfew

Los Angeles moves haltingly toward ending fines for truancy

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Daytime Curfew Ordinance, Daytime Curfew, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Susan Ferriss, iWatch NewsLOS ANGELES -- Fifteen-year-old Juan Carlos Amezcua was just five minutes late for school, and already at the corner by...

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Students: Go To Class, Or Get Fined Up To $500 [VIDEO]

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Education, Concord Schools, Teen Crime, Skipping Class, Concord, Cutting Class, Playing Hooky, California Schools, Schools, Daytime Curfew Ordinance, Daytime Curfew, San Francisco, Video, Education News

Concord schools' message to students: stop skipping class or pay up. Keeping kids off the streets and in class has become such a problem for police...

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LAPD Stops Arresting Kids on Their Way to School

Eric Sapp | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Aclu, Arrests, Education, Community Organizing, Curfew, Daytime Curfew, Racial Profiling, Lapd, Lapd Chief Charlie Beck, Public Counsel, Gara LaMarche, Justice, Community Rights Campaign, Dumb Criminals, Los Angeles News
Eric Sapp

Imagine that you're running late to school. You hear the late bell ring just as you're approaching campus, but you're met by a squad of police officers, who detain you and give you a daytime curfew ticket.

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