Baltimore Police Have a New Excuse to Practice Rounding Up Americans and Shipping Them Off to Detention Centers

BALTIMORE —The Baltimore City Council passed a much-debated new curfew law Monday night that means young people will be required to be off the streets by as early as 9 p.m.

The existing curfew law allows kids under 17 to stay out until 11 p.m. during the week and midnight on weekends, but the new law pushes those times earlier by two hours in some cases. Children under the age of 14 have to be inside by 9 p.m., while teens ages 14-16 have to be inside by 10 p.m. on school nights and 11 p.m. on non-school nights.
There has been criticism that the current curfew law hasn't been enforced. Supporters see the change as a fresh start and said it would help protect children, but others said it would criminalize them.

The City Council chamber erupted in chants of "no new curfews" and boos from the balcony as the same people who rallied against a new curfew law before the council meeting watched as council members passed the legislation by a vote of 13-2.

"There's already a huge amount of police brutality, with adults being targeted, but now police are going to have the green light to do the exact same thing to young people," said opponent Colleen Davidson, a youth organizer of a group called Fist.


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