The curfews that rolled out across the country this week in reaction to police brutality protests mark a tragic milestone: Not since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. have so many cities ordered simultaneous curfews.
And what have we seen come from these sweeping restrictions placed on more than 60 million people across roughly 200 cities? Confusion and chaos.
While law enforcement sees curfews as a tool to restore order, critics argue they can have the opposite effect, leading to more confrontation. They also have a deep, racially-tinged history.
“It seems like in American history curfews have often been enforced when the black community wants its voice heard," said Tyler D. Parry, an assistant professor of African American and African diaspora studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Read more...
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