Great, now my curfew is going to be earlier than 11 o'clock! (If I lived in New Orleans)

New Orleans has recently begun considering a curfew for all citizens to help curb the recent violence that has affected the city. Since the beginning of 2007, there have been eight slayings throughout the city. "It's something we're just sort of talking about, to see if that will make a difference," police Superintendent Warren Riley said. “Mayor Ray Nagin, meanwhile, urged residents not to leave the city, still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, because of the recent killings. He said the slayings could be a tipping point that "galvanizes our community" to find solutions.” Although many residents have called for a march on City Hall, Nagin and Riley are assuring New Orleans’s citizens that a more aggressive, creative plan is in the works. Both men have made it clear that they will make sure that “hard core criminals” of the city are persecuted for their actions. Riley also recently stated that the slayings are a part of a chronic problem that goes back to the city's school system, which can be easily seen the city's failure to sufficiently educate and provide job opportunities for its residents. “Problems will continue until there are improvements in the criminal justice system, which has struggled to get court cases moving again since Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, Riley said.”
Curfews have been used in the past to help maintain public order in times of crisis in both the US and other countries. A curfew after the 2003 North American Blackout was issued to help regulate the citizens of the US who were without power. “Curfews have also long been directed at certain groups in many cities or states, such as Japanese-American university students on the West Coast during World War II and African-Americans in many towns during the time of Jim Crow laws.”