Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has introduced a citywide curfew for anybody below the age of 18 starting Saturday night time in response to weeks of ongoing violence and unrest.
Bowser's order which runs by means of Nov. 5 permits police to arrange so-called “particular zones”, or excessive threat areas the place regulation enforcement can implement curfews as early as 6 p.m.
DC police have additionally been licensed by the mayor to arrange short-term curfew zones in areas the place greater than eight minors congregate, posing a probably heightened risk to public security.
The curfew was introduced following a violent conflict between teenagers on the Navy Yard, the place one 18-year-old and 4 minors had been booked on prices together with public marijuana use, affray and failure to obey.
One police officer was handled for accidents on the scene, in response to officers.
