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A downtown alderman aims to relaunch the Chicago teen curfew debate with what he described as a new and improved version of his previous ordinance that was vetoed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Ald. Brian Hopkins, 2nd, told reporters today he will introduce legislation to give Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling authority to declare an earlier teen curfew for a specific area with at least 12 hours notice. The mayoral opponent said that’s a necessary tool after a chaotic “teen takeover” outside the Chicago Theatre last month ended with a 14-year-old boy killed and eight other teens wounded in shootings.
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