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Chicago alderman renews push for earlier downtown curfew

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The group wants Johnson to give police officers “the necessary authority to intervene before violence occurs and with necessary resources for crowd control, such as dogs and mounted police.”
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Authorities on Monday accused a 15-year-old boy of shooting a woman who was walking back to her Streeterville hotel with her 11-year-old son while on a visit to Chicago in early March, police said.
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) informed lawmakers the next vote in the House would be Monday evening.
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Working to relocate or displace the problem is not how we solve the problem,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “Of course, we’re going to continue to make sure that there are accountability mechanisms in place to keep people safe.
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