More Than Half of Thousand Arrests in Florida Spring Break Chaos Were From Out of State
City officials in Miami Beach said a majority of the 1,000 arrests that took place over the weekend involved people from outside of Florida, a figure that highlights the "siege" of spring break partiers who have taken over the streets and dismissed pandemic guidelines.
Miami Beach officials, including Mayor Dan Gelber and City Manager Raul J. Aguila, announced Sunday that the area's 8 p.m. curfew and other restrictions will continue as four law enforcement agencies struggle to contain the public partying.
Aguila noted during a Sunday press conference that of the more than 1,000 arrests made since Friday, more than half of those people were out-of-state visitors who came to South Florida "to engage in lawlessness and an 'anything goes' party attitude."
Social media was ablaze over the weekend with cellphone videos showing wild partying and at least one masked reveler declaring, "COVID's over, baby!" That sentiment is not shared by local officials.
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Looks to me like the "city fathers" have a problem with certain folks.
© Joe Raedle/Getty Images People gather while exiting the area as an 8 p.m. curfew goes into effect on March 21 in Miami Beach, Florida.