”A curfew has been on the books in the city of Chicago since 1992 — 1992,” Lightfoot repeated. “We’re tweaking what already exists, changing and making it uniform across every single day. … It’s not Armageddon and, with due respect, it’s offensive and wrong and demonstrably false to say these modest changes are going to increase gun violence.”
Who knew this? What has it accomplished? Is it enforced? I don't think so.
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By Michelle Gallardo
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
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Changes to the Chicago curfew ordinance go into effect Wednesday, and activists disagree with the mayor's approach.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are new rules for minors to follow Wednesday morning in Chicago.
Public spaces are now off-limits at 10 p.m. per Mayor Lori Lightfoot's executive order.
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The executive order caught many by surprise. It was just this past Monday, the mayor said the citywide curfew would only be moved up on weekends.
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Seandell Holliday, the 16-year-old shot and killed at "the Bean" in Millennium Park, worried about living past his 21st birthday, his mother said.
What came out Tuesday was quite different, however.
The new rule for minors 12 years of age or older prohibits them from remaining in any public place or on the premises of any establishment between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., seven days of the week.
The order said in part that, "an increase in the number and seriousness of violent and property crimes committed by minors within the City has created an emergency."
SEE MORE: Teen charged after boy killed near Millennium Park 'Bean;' Mayor Lightfoot enacts weekend curfew
The American Civil Liberties Union, however, has loudly spoken out against both the new restrictions imposed on Millennium Park and the curfew, saying there is no evidence to support the claim curfews cut down on crime, and that, just like in the past, this will be applied disproportionately on Black teens.
"This is targeted at the very people who don't have places to go in their own community," said Ed Yohnka, director of communications and policy for ACLU Illinois. "This will be applied to people who have always been the subject of police targeting. And that's just the wrong way to go about this."
The executive order tasks the Chicago Police Department with the immediate enforcement of the curfew. Although, just like with the new restrictions on Millennium Park, it's not clear what that enforcement will look like, with the mayor repeatedly saying this week this is about educating both teens and parents on the rules, and not about effecting mass arrests of teenagers.
Whataboutism I am surely going to hear but WHO THE F WANTS TO LIVE LIKE THIS??????
Who knew this? What has it accomplished? Is it enforced? I don't think so.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s earlier curfew for teens enacted by a skeptical Chicago City Council
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Chicago curfew for minors goes into effect; ACLU pushes back
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Changes to the Chicago curfew ordinance go into effect Wednesday, and activists disagree with the mayor's approach.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are new rules for minors to follow Wednesday morning in Chicago.
Public spaces are now off-limits at 10 p.m. per Mayor Lori Lightfoot's executive order.
Advertisement
The executive order caught many by surprise. It was just this past Monday, the mayor said the citywide curfew would only be moved up on weekends.
SEE MORE: Mom of teen fatally shot at 'Bean' says he worried about living past 21
EMBED <>MORE VIDEOS
Seandell Holliday, the 16-year-old shot and killed at "the Bean" in Millennium Park, worried about living past his 21st birthday, his mother said.
What came out Tuesday was quite different, however.
The new rule for minors 12 years of age or older prohibits them from remaining in any public place or on the premises of any establishment between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., seven days of the week.
The order said in part that, "an increase in the number and seriousness of violent and property crimes committed by minors within the City has created an emergency."
SEE MORE: Teen charged after boy killed near Millennium Park 'Bean;' Mayor Lightfoot enacts weekend curfew
The American Civil Liberties Union, however, has loudly spoken out against both the new restrictions imposed on Millennium Park and the curfew, saying there is no evidence to support the claim curfews cut down on crime, and that, just like in the past, this will be applied disproportionately on Black teens.
"This is targeted at the very people who don't have places to go in their own community," said Ed Yohnka, director of communications and policy for ACLU Illinois. "This will be applied to people who have always been the subject of police targeting. And that's just the wrong way to go about this."
The executive order tasks the Chicago Police Department with the immediate enforcement of the curfew. Although, just like with the new restrictions on Millennium Park, it's not clear what that enforcement will look like, with the mayor repeatedly saying this week this is about educating both teens and parents on the rules, and not about effecting mass arrests of teenagers.
Whataboutism I am surely going to hear but WHO THE F WANTS TO LIVE LIKE THIS??????
