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I also agree with this. It seems like in the majority of cases at this point, the curfew does nothing but create unnecessary conflict. It almost creates an objective for protesters - to be serious about what they're protesting, they need to stay out after the curfew.

I think curfews do have a place when there's massive looting happening and the police need the streets clear so they can prevent it, but there hasn't been enough looting in several days to justify curfews.

>>awille+(OP)
The case that will be made is that the curfew has caused the reduction in looting, by sending the most nonviolent protestors home and making it easier to distinguish those looting.

>>fennec+C
Except there are still extremely large protests in DC/NY/LA after curfew but the looting appears to have stopped.

>>awille+f1
While I decline to specifically endorse that logic at this time, I don't think it is necessarily is in conflict with your observation. The crowd dynamics of protestors protesting after curfew and of that of looters may be quite different: one crowd, versus many smaller groups dispersed in the city, spreading out, with a mix of protesting and opportunistic looting (sometimes in the same group and sometimes not).