Yes, at least in the beginning stages.
SWR (public TV from the region) reported this in the AM today.
First, the state police chief is talking to the city officials over future measures. More police presence is on the list, along with police-dogs as part of the plan (would be incredibly stupid to attack a German cop with a guard-dog on is side), and alcohol bans as a possible solution (this is the police pushing the idea, not the general public).
Second, there was a state ban existing already at gas stations and evening markets (from 10 PM to 5 AM)....for almost seven years (ending 2017). When it ended...a lot of the more stringent measures (jail-time, hefty fines, etc) also lessen because the local authorities thought that the heavy alcohol consumption problem had concluded. Obviously....it hadn't.
The problem with all this alcohol sales chatter is that drugs are still readily available....24 hours a day, seven days a week. Also, if you knew that some 10 PM alcohol ban was going to occur, you'd just show up at some grocery at 6 PM....buy two bottles of cheap booze, and a six-pack of soda as your mixer....for your midnight boozing. So it's hard to say stupid teens or college students would correct their behavior in public if a booze curfew occurred.
More trouble this weekend? I would suggest that some folks will be coming into Stuttgart to test the police and see what type of trouble they can create. More cameras and news crews around? Oh....without any doubt. The images would just give the police more evidence to process for future charges. But I doubt that the stupid teens grasp that part of the whole episode.
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