Fort Worth leaders are in the process of reviewing the city's curfew ordinance.
Because the ordinance is up for renewal every three years, it has invited debate from both supporters and opponents.in opposition to the curfew in January 2017.
“Let’s think about this rationally. Curfew laws are intended to stop young people from committing crimes by making them stay inside,” Hall said at the time.
Sacher Dawson, Executive Director of Hope Farm, is in support of the curfew. Hope Farm is an after-school and leadership development program in Fort Worth specifically geared toward mentoring young boys who are growing up without fathers.“We believe in structure and curfew. Our after-school program in a sense is a curfew,” he said Tuesday. “As my grandparents used to tell me a long time ago, right? There’s only a few things that happen past midnight. They’re all bad.
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