The youngest juvenile arrested this year in Springfield was an 11-year-old boy charged with aggravated battery with the use of a weapon. Other reported cases in the new report range from weapons-related charges to criminal damage to property costing more than $500.
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
These kids live by social media. Setting up alternatives and chatting to them in the streets is only addressing 10% of the problem.
The social media they find most interesting and attractive is also the social media that glorifies the criminal lifestyle. Address that.