Overview
- The City Council’s Public Safety Committee plans a Wednesday vote on Ald. Brian Hopkins’ revised “time-and-site” curfew, proposed after a November teen gathering ended in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Armani Floyd.
- The measure would allow police to set location-specific curfews with at least 12 hours’ public notice, a preset limit of no more than four hours, and authority to disperse gatherings of 20 or more people after consultation with the deputy mayor for community safety.
- Mayor Brandon Johnson opposes the change, saying strict enforcement of the existing 10 p.m. curfew kept New Year’s Eve safe and arguing against granting unilateral curfew control to a single entity.
- Hopkins contends the mayor effectively used the tool on New Year’s Eve and says he has the votes to advance it out of committee, though the outcome before the full City Council remains uncertain.
- A companion proposal would require social media platforms to remove posts about unlawful teen gatherings or face $50,000 fines.