Hmmm ... Virginia Beach City Council voted 10 to 1 behind closed doors to implement this curfew in response to shootings that took place near the oceanfront hotels.
From WCVB (ABC):
... Adrian Montgomery, a security guard who works at one of the oceanfront hotels, said the initial shooting occurred in an outdoor area where a lot of young people hang out and "try to talk to girls."
Montgomery said a woman told a man that she didn't want his phone number, which led to an altercation between that man and another man.
An exchange of gunfire between the two men followed, Montgomery said, before more shots were fired between people who were friends with each of the respective shooters.
"At that point, it just became a shooting gallery," Montgomery said. ...
Here are the mugshots of the three individuals who were arrested by Virginia Beach police ...
Instead of cracking down on the rights of all their residents & visitors - 99.99% of whom are law-abiding citizens - sounds like Virginia Beach police need to perform a not-too-terribly-difficult analysis of who is hanging around a few well-known trouble spots, check them for weapons, and move them along if they aren't armed. BUT ... HEAVEN FORBID! ... they don't want to be accused of "profiling."
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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