At some point before this weekend, large yellow signs are likely to pop up in a “hot spot” D.C. neighborhood warning kids to, well, stay away – at least after 8 p.m. The extended curfew is part of a new policy pushed by Mayor Muriel Bowser and adopted by the D.C. Council to manage what some say is a worrying uptick in mobs of juveniles causing trouble late at night.
But a youth curfew is not new, much less are the concerns over what kids might be doing at night. Below is everything you need to know about D.C.’s curfews, new and old, and whether or not they accomplish anything.
What’s the current curfew for youth in D.C.?
Under the emergency bill approved by the council earlier this month, anyone under the age of 18 can’t be out and about from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. every day through Aug. 31. The rest of the year, the curfew is the same on weeknights, but begins at midnight on weekends; it will continue to apply to kids under the age of 17…