Therefore, it should not be a crime. It has only become a crime because the Mayor will not allow people to choose their own lifestyles. Our politicians may believe that hanging out is harmful but that doesn't mean it should be illegal. They like to call it loitering. Every time that you see a sign that says no loitering, what it is really saying is no socializing.
Some people like to go to movies and others like to hang out in a park.
Neither activity should be illegal. If we allow the government to dictate a teenager's lifestlye, then we give the government the power to dictate every person's lifestyle. On Thursday, the nation celebrated the racial integration of a high school in the South. Yet today, in San Diego, we are still limiting the freedom of a minority. Teenagers, like the Blacks in the Old South, are treated like criminals.