Ald. Hopkins waters down curfew ordinance, again, to appease Mayor Brandon Johnson

Ald. Hopkins waters down curfew ordinance, again, to appease Mayor Brandon Johnson

Ald. Brian Hopkins revised his teen curfew ordinance yet again Wednesday — this time to appease Mayor Brandon Johnson — but failed to get it through the City Council amid complaints it was more like a legislative placebo.The newly revised ordinance would empower Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling to do what he did on New Year’s Eve — make a “dispersal declaration for the applicable public places anticipated to be affected” by a “disruptive yout…

Youth Curfew Vote Delayed After Mayor's Office, Downtown Alder Reach Compromise

DOWNTOWN — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office intervened ahead of the City Council’s latest vote on a curfew proposal Wednesday, replacing that plan with a revised ordinance that would codify existing police powers to disperse groups of youth. In December, Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) introduced another curfew proposal that would allow Chicago police to impose a curfew of up to four hours anywhere in the city with at least 12 hours’ notice. Tha…