WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Incidents like the one in Navy Yard on Friday night that resulted in five arrests are what DC leaders say is pushing them to reinstate an enhanced curfew for kids across the District.

The previous citywide curfew ended in early October. Tuesday, the DC Council could vote to bring it back for another three months.

“What I think was good about the curfew that we had over the summer was that it reduced these incidents, I think it eliminated them, and there were no arrests," said DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson on Monday. "This is not about locking up juveniles. This is about deterring the behavior to congregate in large numbers and then vandalize.”

Currently, four special curfew zones are in place after an emergency executive order was put in place Saturday, prohi

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