The City of Philadelphia had a full week of citywide curfews, ending Sunday. A rep from Mayor Jim Kenney says: “The City is hopeful that curfews will no longer be needed in the very near future.”

To confirm your suspicions: This is not normal.

In a week of emails, conversations and outreach, this reporter hasn’t found a citywide curfew set by the City of Philadelphia since 1964, following the historic Columbia Avenue Riots — which marked a damning turning point in the city’s history. (If you know a curfew I’ve overlooked, please email me.)

The curfews, first set Saturday, May 30 (like two dozen other cities) after protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd fell to widespread looting and vandalism, were technically declarations of emergency “related [to] imminent danger of civil disturbance, disorder or riot in Philadelphia.” (Find Saturday’s executive order here.)

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