‘I was trying to go home’ | D.C. teen says police stopped him in his neighborhood while trying to go home during youth curfew

WASHINGTON — A D.C. mother says her teenage son was stopped by police while trying to go home during the city’s youth curfew — a policy that includes earlier start times in certain areas like Navy Yard and U Street.

Sixteen-year-old Aiden told WUSA9 he was leaving the Navy Yard Metro Station around 9:15 p.m. earlier this month when officers stopped him.

“It was like, what y’all stop me for? I was trying to go home,” Aiden said…

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