Overview

• The ordinance empowers the police superintendent to impose a citywide curfew on gatherings of 20 or more teens with only 30 minutes’ notice.
• Council members are seven votes short of the 34 needed to override a potential mayoral veto.
• Civil rights advocates and youth groups warn the tool could lead to constitutional violations and disproportionately affect Black and brown teens.
• Johnson argues the measure is an outdated response to youth gatherings and calls instead for increased funding for jobs, violence prevention programs and safe community spaces.
• Superintendent Larry Snelling’s support remains unclear, as some aldermen claim he lobbied for passage while his own testimony stated he would never use the snap curfew provision.