City councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson introduced a bill to amend Philadelphia’s minor curfew law on Thursday.
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“Young people are getting caught up in dangerous situations, and we cannot continue to go on like this,” Gilmore Richardson said in a release. “There have already been 92 children under 18 shot this year. We are besieged in our communities, and as leaders, we must do everything we can to keep our young people safe.
A Philadelphia city council special committee is holding an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss gun violence impacting the city. Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson is hosting the meeting, and Philadelphia police commissioner Danielle Outlaw is expected to attend.Leaders of local non-profits along with members of the Kenney administration will also be there.
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