Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Monday a 10 p.m. weekend curfew for minors as the city struggles to stop violent crime.
Monday’s announcement followed the shooting death of a teenager over the weekend. Lightfoot said she would sign an executive order moving the current 11 p.m. weekend curfew back by one hour.
“In Chicago, right now, the curfew for young people is 11 p.m. on the weekend. Today, I’m signing an Executive Order to move that curfew back to 10 p.m.” – @chicagosmayor
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“No, we don’t want to arrest children. But if we have to, we will, if they’re breaking the law,” the mayor said during the morning news conference.
“My interest is not in rounding up young people and throwing them in the back of a wagon. It’s in enforcing community norms,” Lightfoot added.
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