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Curfews cannot be enforced as you're suggesting. There are people who need to be out past curfews (e.g., hospital workers, delivery drivers, doormen, etc.) So police already cannot indiscriminately arrest anyone on the streets past curfew. So the whole notion of curfew is inherently unclear and hard to enforce.

Additionally, the essential workers who work overnight hours also tend to be disproportionately minorities—the same people police disproportionately arrest and brutalize.

Curfews are another really misguided attempt to quell otherwise peaceful protests, and only serve to escalate tensions.

>>the_ga+(OP)
Do people on their way to work not avoid protests? I know I would. I know protests can turn on a dime at any moment. Police can get you, protesters can misidentify you, etc.

>>mc32+w
Some don't have the option.

https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/mayor-blasts...

> Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke out overnight after videos went viral on social media Thursday appearing to show a delivery worker being arrested by police in Manhattan while making a delivery past the city's 8 p.m. curfew.

>>mc32+w
Living in the center of a mid-sized city - this isn't always possible. When doing volunteer health assessments at the local homeless shelter, I came across several situations where there isn't a clear path to get to my destination that doesn't involve people protesting (literally surrounded at times).

>>the_ga+(OP)
Friend told me that in Seattle they lifted the curfew, just dropped it. Since then protests are 24/7, but also peaceful - before it always escalated and got violent past curfew.

>>kerng+K3
Taking away the excuse for police to start a riot results in the riot not happening? Amazing!

>>mc32+w
My apartment is on a major downtown street. Rioters set part of the exterior on fire, and attempted to use heavy machinery to break in. The cops & firefighters were not around. When they showed up, how would they be able to tell the difference between me looking out for my home & neighborhood and anyone else?

>>kerng+K3
DC also cancelled curfew. We'll see how it goes.