Chicago curfew could be earlier

Mayor Richard Daley is proposing a curfew rollback for children under 17 as a way to cut down on youth violence. Children would have to be off Chicago streets by 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends, under the mayor's proposal. That is 30 minutes early that is currently required. Last year, 24 Chicago Public Schools students were gunned down. Chicago's homicide rate stands at a 40-year low. But, all too many of the 442 murder victims in 2007 were young people. Aldermen who must approve the curfew change were generally supportive of the rollback proposal. But some expressed concern for the added burden it would place on police officers.