Overview

• Alderman Brian Hopkins’s proposal would allow Police Superintendent Larry Snelling to impose a citywide curfew with just 30 minutes’ notice for gatherings of at least 20 unaccompanied minors.
• Hopkins says he has secured the 30 votes needed to pass the ordinance when the council votes June 18.
• Snelling publicly questioned the snap curfew component in federal court testimony, saying he never requested such short notice and would not use it.
• Mayor Brandon Johnson denounced the measure as a lazy form of governance and warned he will veto it, requiring 34 council votes to override.
• The ACLU of Illinois and city youth leaders criticized the ordinance as overly punitive and urged aldermen to reject it for failing to address root causes of violence.