The curfew is meant to help police, who are facing massive protests, particularly in the Downtown area.
Lightfoot said they’d be able to use the curfew to “clean out and clear out” Downtown.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s imposed curfew comes on the heels of the killing of an African American Man, George Floyd, by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
“To be clear, I’ve marched in a few protests in my day, but neither I nor anyone that I was with saw the need to bring weapons to lift our voice and express our First Amendment rights,” Mayor Lightfoot said.
Mayor Lightfoot said there was no talk of bringing in the National Guard, as seen in other U.S. cities.
