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This video features Shannon L. Kennedy, a Civil Rights attorney based in New Mexico.
Tom Mustin:
Do minor children have the same civil rights as adults? We ask attorney Shannon Kennedy in this Ask the Lawyers Quick Question.
Shannon Kennedy:
Minor children absolutely have the same civil rights as adults, for example, you cannot use excessive force against a minor child, you cannot illegally search a minor child, a minor child has a right to bodily integrity, a minor child has right to equal protection.
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