Chicago Mayor Lightfoot: Curfew On Liquor Sales Starts Thursday

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After Tuesday night’s violence that left seven people dead and 14 injured, and the inability for some to follow the stay at home order, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has placed a 9:00 p.m. liquor purchasing curfew starting Thursday.

“Effective April 9, we are placing a 9:00 pm curfew on liquor sales in Chicago. A liquor curfew will remain in place during Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order,” Lightfoot said.

The mayor drew attention to the gun violence and how it is affecting efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the city. “These actions place additional and unnecessary burden on our hospitals and ICU units. Violence of any kind is never acceptable but the fact that this is especially urgent now as our ability to protect all Chicagoans is being stretched to the breaking point. We cannot allow that to happen and we will not allow that to happen,” Lightfoot added.

The coupling of the gun violence with measures to have people follow the stay-at-home order is what Lightfoot said is necessary to have the liquor curfew. The mayor said that since the stay-at-home order went into effect, more than 2,000 dispersal orders were given in response to large gatherings.

(So ... get your booze before 9:00 pm)

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/08/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-curfew-on-liquor-sales-starts-thursday/

[Igel]

1. Or just go across the city limits.

I'm sure stores there will be happy to sell.

When I was in college in Newark, DE, the drinking age in DE was higher than in MD. 10 feet over the state line on the MD side, on both sides of the road, were liquor stores. Large liquor stores. No town there, just the liquor stores. Usually with DE plates on the cars.

[Steelrolled]

2. Invisible hand of the free market.

[tritsofme]

3. There was some warmer weather in Chicago the last few days.

It will be cooler for at least the next week or so, but I fear the crime and gun violence will be even worse in Chicago during these lockdown conditions this summer once the weather starts warming up.