Montgomery enacts youth curfew as city officials voice concerns about downtown violence
On July 1, the Montgomery City Council held a meeting where councilmember Marche Johnson asked the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) for more police “coverage” after 10 p.m. on weekend nights in downtown; as a result, on July 15, the city enacted a youth curfew in downtown. “There have been a series of incidents happening downtown, in the entertainment district...so I'm asking for Friday and Saturday nights after 10 p.m. to have a higher [police] presence downtown,” said Johnson, who is the representative for District 3, which includes the entertainment district. Johnson offered another solution that she had suggested last year,…