An emergency curfew has been imposed for Miami Beach as thousands gathered to celebrate spring break – with reports of fights breaking out.
Revellers had been warned by US authorities to “vacation responsibly or be arrested”, as large crowds were seen in the streets with little social distancing and many not wearing masks.
A text message sent to all visitors to Miami read: “Spring break in Miami Beach may be one of the great rites of passage, but only if you plan on following the rules.
A 8pm to 8am curfew has now been imposed in the area
“Otherwise, you might as well just stay home and save yourself the court costs.”
However, it appeared many ignored the message leading to the immediate 8pm-8am curfew order.
City officials have said they are at ‘capacity’
Interim city manager Raul Aguila told the Miami Herald he has recommended keeping the rules in place until at least 12 April.
“These crowds are in the thousands,” he added. “We’re at capacity.”
Thousands have gathered to celebrate – but many have been accused of flouting restrictions
No pedestrians or vehicles will be allowed to enter the restricted area after 8pm and all businesses must close.
The curfew comes as the popular Clevelander South Beach bar announced it was temporarily suspending all food and drink sales until at least 24 March following a number of fights.
At another restaurant next door, tables and chairs were smashed during a fight, according to reports.
A county-wide midnight curfew was already in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cones laid out on Clearwater Beach as part of social distancing measures
But local officials have struggled to enforce the rules.
Under governor Ron DeSantis’ pro-business stance, Florida has no state-wide mask rules, limits on capacity or other such restrictions.
DeSantis is a GOP governor right? Seems like he has a Portland on his hands just like the Democrats!
no, spring break is likethis every year
Hell handle it significantly better than the cowardly liberal in Oregon’s garden spot of hate.
Sorry, old boy – you probably keep hoping that is true as a good liberal democrat would – but it is not. I live here. These trash bag spring breakers do this every year. They come here and act like a bunch of uneducated, totally wild animals that have been caged up for years and do not know how to act when free to roam. They somehow can never manage to pay their college loans, but always have money to come here and stay in big hotels, spends hours in our expensive bars and shops, buy their drugs, and bring their filth to our beaches. The women act like they are dying for sex and most of the time someone accommodates them; many of the men (if you want to call them that) look like wimps. Actually, they are just lucky that some of the residents here don’t eliminate them when they start their sh** but so far the natives here have stayed fairly calm. But that could end any second.
This “spring break” allegedly violating the un-Constitutional assembly restrictions is allright,
if they catch the virus it will cull society of idiots.
The godless left created the out of control party monsters. Otherwise the young people would be attending church Sunday mornings Sunday evenings and Wednesday nights.
Why even risk it? Ruin yer whole week….?
Just wear the Friggin mask….
Distance a bit….
Chill…that’s not somethin’ to be Fightin’ about…..lol
So what if you feel rotten for a couple of days, probably not worse than a severe hangover for these kids. Kids just wanna have fun.