CNY ACLU vs. Solvay

Residents of Solvay are enjoying a new curfew put into effect for the village's teenagers, but the Central New York American Civil Liberties Union is not so comfortable. The curfew would keep teenagers off the street from ten at night to five in the morning.

Barrie Gewanter is the executive director of the Central New York chapter of the ACLU. Gewanter says one of the reason the ACLU opposes curfew is because it gives police a reason to treat teenagers as criminal suspects without any evidence.

"The american system of justice basically says that the government is supposed to leave you alone, unless there's evidence that you've been involved in a crime. Curfews go against that," she said.

Gewanter also says the curfew could allow police to detain, search, and arrest teenagers without just cause, but the Central New York ACLU will not fight the law unless a teenager has been harmed by it.