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Council adopts juvenile curfew; critics urge repeal or revision of First Amendment permit rules
Summary
City Council approved an ordinance establishing a juvenile curfew after committee approval; members of the public and civil‑liberties groups urged council to reconsider a separate First Amendment demonstrations ordinance they say has been enforced to restrict protest activity.
City Council on June 17 approved a city code amendment to add a juvenile curfew provision to chapter 21, section 21‑114, following committee approval and readings earlier in the spring. The council and police department said the ordinance will take effect on July 27 to allow training and public notice.
Councilman David Shealy, reporting out of the Public Safety Committee, said the committee approved the ordinance amendment and sent it forward for council reading. “We also had an ordinance to amend this code of the city of Charleston, South Carolina chapter 21 to add section 21‑114 to establish a juvenile curfew in the City of Charleston,” Shealy said during his committee report.
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