Fayetteville mayor calls for curfew after recent violence
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>> IF YOU'RE COMMITTING A CRIME
AND WE CAN HAVE IN OUR
COMMUNITY WILL COME FORWARD.
>> NEW TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING
FROM THE MAYOR OF FAYETTEVILLE
AFTER HIS CALL FOR A SPECIAL
MEETING NEXT WEEK. THE MEETING
IS TO PROPOSE A PUBLIC SAFETY
STATE OF EMERGENCY AND A
CITYWIDE CURFEW. HE ALSO WANTS
MORE THIS COMES AFTER MULTIPLE
SHOOTINGS OVER THE WEEKEND AS
WELL AS DURING THE YEAR,
INCLUDING ONE AT A CITY'S
CARNIVAL THAT LEFT A CHILD
WOUNDED. WRAL'S JULIAN GRACE
SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT HIS
PROPOSAL.
>> FOR STARTERS, THERE WAS NO
DECISION MADE TONIGHT. THE
PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WEIGH IN ON MAY. 5TH AND
ALREADY PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY TO
SAY JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS
BEFORE THE FAYETTEVILLE COUNCIL
MEETING THIS RELEASE DROPPED
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE
ONE-PAGE STATEMENT LIST IS
SWEEPING SAFETY
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> WHICH INCLUDES A STRICT
09:00PM CURFEW FOR UNSUPERVISED
TEENS. A BAN ON MASK AND
BACKPACKS ON ALL CITY PROPERTY
AT A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF
THE CITIES CAMERA NETWORK.
WILL IT WORK?
>> I BELIEVE THAT IF IT SAVES
ONE LIFE, A SUCCESSFUL. SO,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO
PRACTICAL THINGS THAT COMES
AFTER A TROUBLING COUPLE OF
WEEKS ON SATURDAY. SHOOTINGS
HAPPENED JUST MINUTES APART
FROM EACH OTHER.
>> NEAR THE CITY'S DOGWOOD
FESTIVAL. THEN IN LATE MARCH,
12 YEAR-OLD ADRIANNA. BUT WAS
STRUCK BY A STRAY BULLET AT A
LOCAL CARNIVAL LEAVING HER
HOSPITALIZED RESIDENTS SEEM TO
AGREE THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO
BE DONE DO THINK IS NEEDED AS A
LITTLE BIT. I THINK ANY TIME
IN REGARDS TO SAFETY FOR THE
CITY.
>> SOMETIMES THAT CAUTION IS
MAY SEEM EXTREME FOR OTHERS,
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET MORE CITIZENS OUTSIDE
THAT WHEN THEY ARE OUTSIDE,
THEY'RE SAFE TONIGHT AT TEXAN,
GIANNIS ON OVER THE PHONE.
SHE SAYS SHE WILL BE AT NEXT
MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WITH
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE