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Ald. Brian Hopkins, whose 2nd Ward includes much of downtown Chicago, deserves the city’s thanks for striving repeatedly to find a means that will pass muster with our mayor to control mobs of teens who “take over” the Loop and cause mayhem and sometimes death.

The issue has resurfaced with the downtown shooting death of a 14-year-old last month after the annual tree-lighting ceremony. With two days’ notice that a large teen gathering was planned, police appeared to take all the right steps to keep things under control. But tragedy ensued anyway.

We think Ald. Hopkins finally has hit on the right way of giving the Chicago Police Department the tools it needs to stop these mob events before they get started. A new proposed ordinance he filed

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