Our group of people, of all ages, protested the San Diego curfew back in 1997. Here is a documentary about the protests and our tactics. I still support using the first amendment as a defense against the curfew. Meaning, you would state you are engaged in free speech by wearing a sticker, or peaceably assembling, […]
Category: Curfew Protests 1997
San Diego, 1997 — the year the Ninth Circuit Court struck down the San Diego curfew. The local city passed a new law with a First Amendment exception. We drove through that exception by staging protests for three months.
Make & Wear Anti-Curfew Stickers as a First Amendment Activity
Many curfew laws allow a first amendment exception that allows people to be out past curfew if they are engaged in any activity listed in the first amendment. This page has directions on how to make stickers that say “Repeal the Curfew” and other messages. Wearing a sticker is engaging in free speech. I made […]
Curfew Protest at City Hall
Anti-Curfew Campaign Protests Net of Intolerance
Curfew Protest in the Gas Lamp
San Diego, CA — The Campaign to Repeal the Curfew held a protest march in the Gas Lamp District last Saturday night. More than 70 anti-curfew protesters marched through the popular night spot chanting slogans such as, “This is America, where’s our freedom?” The chanting and the sheer size of the march, which stretched for […]
Nation Focuses on Curfew Protest
Curfew Protest Returns to La Jolla
Protest March in La Jolla
150 Americans Attend Curfew Protest
Fenced In
San Diego, CA — Last night was reminiscent of the United States’ persecution of Japanese during World War II. At Mission Bay Park, citizens of San Diego protested the city’s juvenile curfew law by enclosing themselves in chicken wire. They did this in order to visually show the impact of the curfew.