Miami Beach Announces Curfew After Spring Break Shootings

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Miami Beach Announces Curfew After Spring Break Shootings



  According to NBC, Miami Beach officials declared a state of emergency based on crowds and shootings.

Despite 371 police officers being deployed, the incidents at spring break have left five people wounded in two separate shootings.

📸: Miami Herald/GettyImages 

By Christine Chung

NEW YORK TIMES

“We can’t endure this anymore, we just simply can’t,’’ said Mayor Dan Gelber. “This isn’t your father’s, your mother’s spring break. This is something totally different.”


Faced with an onslaught of spring break revelers, Miami Beach officials declared a state of emergency on Monday and announced a curfew for the city’s South Beach area after two shootings over the weekend that left five people wounded.

Mayor Dan Gelber said the shootings came during a period when “tens of thousands of people” descend upon the city, creating an unwanted “young party-hard crowd.”

“We can’t endure this anymore, we just simply can’t,” Mr. Gelber said, adding that 371 police officers had been deployed over the weekend. “This isn’t your father’s, your mother’s spring break. This is something totally different. We don’t ask for spring break, we don’t promote it, we don’t encourage it, we just endure it, and frankly it’s something we don’t want to endure.”

City commissioners will meet on Tuesday to finalize the curfew, which runs from 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. this Thursday through Monday. The curfew applies to a specific area in South Beach with many bars and restaurants, said Veronica Paysse, a spokeswoman for the city.


The police will ask people to go home after midnight, Mr. Gelber said.

City officials will also consider having a curfew on following weekends.


An island with “limited capacity,” Miami Beach isn’t built to accommodate the type of crowds that gather there during spring break, Ms. Hudak said. The South Florida city is connected by several bridges to the rest of the Miami metropolitan area.

City officials voiced frustration with Miami Beach’s reputation as a spring break destination, which they said was unwelcome and resulted in large crowds overwhelming the city each year. Last year, the city also adopted a state of emergency, enabling it to enact a curfew during spring break to try to diminish crowds.

“We haven’t been able to figure out how to stop spring break from coming,” Mr. Gelber said. “We don’t want spring break here, but they keep coming.”



SOURCE: My Mixtapes & The New York Times 

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