Dude, i had a party with 20 people. i live by a park, we went there from Midnight to 3am. Nothing happened. What the hell is wrong with where you're living?

all the people saying that we were doing drugs or other illegal activities, we werent. we were just college students who had a lot of stress, and wanted to relax by acting like five year olds in the park, swinging on swings, playing on the see-saw, going down slides, monkey bars etcetera. we did not know the park closed after dark, there were no signs by the entrances, and there were no gates. anyone can walk in there at any time of day, and they would not know. the weathered sign, we found it the next day, and it was at the back of the park, no where near any lights or anything. we were just chilling there because we didnt want to go back to our rooms because of annoying roommates. there was even an overhead light shining into the park, giving the impression that it was open after dark. the police didnt even ask if we were doing anything illegal, or asked to see what was in our pockets or anything. two of us didnt even have any ID because we didnt want to lose it on the swings. new ro police are entirely retarded. period.

8 hours and $25 dollars!? Oh, noes, FYL, how will you ever survive!? Quit whining, wuss.

park after dark xD

Franck, no, it's not a crime to be in a place where people sometimes commit crimes, but if you can stop people from committing crimes by keeping people out of a place, that is sometimes the better option when the law is otherwise harmless. No one suffers by not being able to swing in the late hours of the night, but a lot of people can suffer if the law is not enforced. I'm not saying it's perfect, and you can debate it if you want, but the principle of the law is not in itself stupid.

Wow, that really sucks for you. I had nearly the same problem though, a whole group of my friends and I decided to go to the park at night to hang out. A few hours later a police car rolled up and marched everyone back and began to lecture and question us. Not a single one of us had any marks on our record so they let us all go without any fines (and in my state, the fine is over $600, not a mere $25). Now a lot of people are saying that the OP "should have read the signs". I'd like to mention that for a few of my friends and I, it was the first time we had ever gone to this park, and the entrance we used did not have any signs posted, so the same might be true for the OP as well. But imo, the problem lies in the fact that in my area there really is no place for teenagers to hang out at night. We can't all group together at someone's house, we can't even go to a park. This is where we get the problem of graffiti, and property destruction, because kids are so dang bored and we don't have anywhere to just hang out together.

Are you sure that is the whole story?

? sue dem

That's the stupidest thing to get in trouble for. they're just parks it's not like ur writing graffiti... or grand theft auto =D