WASHINGTON — A D.C. mother says her teenage son was stopped by police while trying to go home during the city’s youth curfew — a policy that includes earlier start times in certain areas like Navy Yard and U Street.

Sixteen-year-old Aiden told WUSA9 he was leaving the Navy Yard Metro Station around 9:15 p.m. earlier this month when officers stopped him.

“It was like, what y’all stop me for? I was trying to go home,” Aiden said.

He says he had just finished eating nearby and tried to explain to officers that he lives close to the station.

“What they said was, I have to call a parent or a guardian if I live there or if I do not live there — no matter the cause — due to safety issues,” he said.

Aiden’s mother, Travis Young, says she had to come to the station to escort her son home.

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