Critics of the proposal argued an earlier curfew will actually lead to an increase in gun violence.
After a heated debate, the City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan to roll back the citywide curfew for minors from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights., as well as to expand the city's curfew to include 17-year-olds. As it stands, the city's curfew hours currently apply only to those under age 17.
Vasquez, said when he was a teenager who regularly visited Grant Park and Navy Pier, police kicked him and his friends out every weekend.Ald. Nick Sposato , who was among the curfew change's supporters, responded:"White people."Ald. Emma Mitts said too many kids have"gotten out of control" and the city needs to help parents do a better job of knowing where their children are.
Ramirez-Rosa choked up as he recalled Tuesday's mass shooting at a school in Texas, which left at least 19 children and two adults, saying"We want it to stop. "We need to stop playing hunches, and we need to start playing evidence, and implementing best practices," he said."We need to focus our efforts on evidence-based solutions, and we need to invest in our young people.""It's offensive and wrong and demonstrably false to say that these modest changes are going to increase gun violence," she said.
Lightfoot announced her plans for the curfew change just days after Holliday was slain, but has said the proposal is not simply a response to what happened that night. "We're moving backwards so fast, we should be moonwalking," he said."This is theater, and you all know better."
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