A TEEN CURFEW PROPOSAL FROM ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ WAS EXPECTED TO BE DISCUSSED AT MONDAY NIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING BUT WAS TABLED. THAT’S BECAUSE GOVERNOR MARTINEZ EARLIER MONDAY SAID SHE’D CALL ON THE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE THE STATE’S CURFEW LAW SO MUNICIPALITIES COULD DECIDE THE ISSUE FOR THEMSELVES.
A TEEN CURFEW ENACTED IN ABQ IN THE LATE 1990S WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. SANCHEZ DRAFTED HIS MEASURE BECAUSE OF THE RISE IN TEEN VIOLENCE … ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
