“We can’t take this anymore”: In Miami, the party is over for Spring Break enthusiasts
Young people along Ocean Drive in Miami Beach during Spring Break, March 20, 2022. AP - Daniel A. Varela
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The traditional meeting of the student party in the United States degenerated into violence several evenings in a row in Miami Beach.
After two shootings and five injured, the town hall decided to impose from this Wednesday evening and until Monday a curfew from midnight to 6 am.
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With our correspondent in Miami,
David Thomson
It is the annual rendezvous of thousands of students who come to celebrate Spring Break, that is to say the beginning of the spring university vacation in the United States.
Music, alcohol, drugs… At the foot of the art deco hotels, Ocean Drive avenue in Miami Beach, Florida, is transformed into a gigantic open-air nightclub.
But in recent days, the party has turned into a panic when knocks rang out amid a crowd of revelers in swimsuits.
After two shootings and five gunshot wounds in five days,
the town hall declared a state of emergency
and imposed a night curfew from Wednesday evening to Monday between midnight and 6 am.
The authorities plan to renew it next week.
"
The agents are exhausted, the party must stop
"
"
We can't take this anymore
," said Dan Gelber, the mayor of Miami Beach.
"
The officers are exhausted, the party must stop
," tweeted the police.
From this Thursday and until at least next Monday, the South Beach district, the southern part of the island of Miami Beach, will remain cordoned off.
Sale of alcohol prohibited, terraces, car parks and restaurants closed... Only hotels remain open.
Employees and residents are authorized to circulate on presentation of a badge.
Message from the mayor to the
springbreakers
: “
Don't come partying here anymore
.
»
Last year, the city had already imposed a curfew and banned bars from selling alcohol after 2 a.m., and police had arrested more than a thousand revelers for disturbing public order.
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