Overview
- The mayor issued the emergency juvenile curfew on Friday, empowering the Metropolitan Police chief to set geographically targeted curfew zones and taking effect at 11 p.m.
- The citywide curfew bars people under 18 from being in public from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., with designated zones subject to earlier 8 p.m. start times for the Navy Yard weekend enforcement.
- MPD immediately announced a Navy Yard juvenile curfew zone for Friday through Sunday evenings from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., with the zone bounded by I-695, South Capitol Street, 8th Street SE and the Anacostia River.
- Reports conflict on the order’s expiration date, with some outlets saying it ends June 15 and others reporting it runs through June 27, and officials say the order could be rescinded or extended.
- Bowser cited recent violent incidents, including a brawl at a Navy Yard Chipotle, and framed the move as a locally led response while the D.C. Council’s permanent curfew measure completes required congressional review, a step that delays the law taking effect.