Miami Beach declares a state of emergency and imposes a midnight curfew as Spring Breakers wreak havoc in the city: Exhausted cops demands an end to the partying and release video of crowds swarming their vehicles after four officers were injured
Daily Mail
March 22, 2022
Spring Breakers crowd Ocean Drive in South Beach as police unit patrols the restaurant-lined street near the beach
Fed-up Miami Beach officials declared a state of emergency and imposed a midnight curfew in the wake of two separate shootings and four officers injured amid festivities over the weekend, with cops claiming they're 'exhausted' as they ask for 'the party to end.'
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and City Manager Alina Hudak announced the emergency order that will impact the famed South Beach nightlife on Monday. The curfew will be in effect from midnight to 6 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Adding to the need for an impending curfew is the fact that the Miami Beach Fraternal Order of Police tweeting that four officers were injured during the festivities, with the cop union calling their officers 'exhausted' and adding that 'the party needs to end.'
'We don’t ask for it, promote it, or encourage it. We just endure it,' Gelber said of the Spring Break crowds during a hastily-called press conference in front of City Hall to announce the curfew, which will cut short the usual 5am last call.
The curfew will target the problematic South Beach hotspots, extending from 23rd Street to South Pointe Drive from the bay to restaurant-lined Ocean Drive.
The city commission will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the declaration, and Hudak said she plans to recommend the curfew be extended through the next weekend.
Revelers going out for the night in South Beach will be kicked out of the clubs and bars at midnight, beginning Thursday
Police investigate a shooting that left two women with gunshot wounds. Police said their wounds weren't life-threatening
Thousands of college students and other young people descend annually on Miami Beach for Spring Break, and this is the second year in a row that officials for the South Florida city have declared a state of emergency.
Last March, more than 1,000 people were arrested when the city imposed an 8 pm curfew, which was implemented due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Authorities at the time sent military style vehicles to disperse predominantly black crowds with rubber bullets, prompting criticism from black activists.
The mayor said about 100 guns have been seized over the past four weeks, and several police officers have been injured while controlling the crowds.
'We can't endure this anymore. We just simply can't,' Gelber said.
'This isn't your father's or your mother's Spring Break. This is something wholly different.'
Gelber noted that the five people were shot over the weekend despite 371 police officers being deployed.
About 35 miles north up A1A in Fort Lauderdale, the bars and clubs will remain open until 4am.
On Monday, Spring Breakers were seen lounging on beaches, posing for selfies and splashing in the waves. The crowds of people dressed for the weather in tiny bikinis and colorful swim trunks were undeterred by the visible presence of police officers on horseback looking to keep a lid on the celebrations.
An estimated 570,000 students are expected to flock to Florida, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Spring break typically peaks during the final two weeks of March when the majority of schools and colleges break for a week.
Last week saw the celebrations kick off in earnest, featuring wet T-shirt contests, twerking and public smooching sessions, but they didn't pass without incident.
Three people were wounded early Sunday on a South Beach street crowded with Spring Breakers, police said.
Two victims wounded at the scene were taken to a hospital, while doctors at another hospital reported a third person arrived there with a gunshot wound.
All were expected to survive.
Early Monday, officers were patrolling about a block from the Sunday morning shooting site when they heard gunshots, police said.
The officers found two women with gunshot wounds. Police said their wounds weren't life-threatening.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Do the parents know about all the drinking, doping and fucking that goes on by the spring breakers, or do they even care?
The college graduates keep complaining about having to pay off their student loans. The spring break expenses - transportation, hotels, eating and drinking - are very high and many students do it four times. If they didn't spend all that money maybe they wouldn't have to take out a student loan or they could use it to help pay off those loans. But then their stupid parents are probably giving their kids the money they need for transportation, hotels, eating, drinking as well as doping.
2 comments:
South Padre Island was also a Zoo. I worked Spring Breaks for 12 years. The problem isn't really the college students. It's the gangsters showing up to sell dope and fight. Then the underage highschoolers that create all kinds of mayhem. 20 years ago we even had a South Padre island Officer commit suicide. On the flip side, a lot of $ is being made by local businesses and they don't want it shut down.
Young drunk horney and stupid makes a interesting combination.
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