{"id":420200,"date":"2022-03-23T01:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-spring-break-shootings-pushed-miami-beach-into-curfew\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T01:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:07:02","slug":"how-spring-break-shootings-pushed-miami-beach-into-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-spring-break-shootings-pushed-miami-beach-into-curfew\/","title":{"rendered":"#How spring break shootings pushed Miami Beach into curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fce45991f6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fce45991f6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-spring-break-shootings-pushed-miami-beach-into-curfew\/#%E2%80%9CHow_spring_break_shootings_pushed_Miami_Beach_into_curfew%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How spring break shootings pushed Miami Beach into curfew&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_spring_break_shootings_pushed_Miami_Beach_into_curfew%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How spring break shootings pushed Miami Beach into curfew&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Things have gone <em>way south<\/em> in South Beach.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s spring breakers are out with a post-COVID vengeance, and they have turned the city of Miami Beach into a nightmare with shootings, street brawls, crowds stampedes and public indecency, officials and locals say. <\/p>\n<p>Following a pair of shootings that hospitalized five over the weekend, Miami Beach\u2019s Democratic mayor Dan Gelber imposed both a state of emergency and curfew for the South Beach area from\u00a012:01 a.m. this Thursday to 6 a.m. Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible strain, we had 371 police working over the weekend and that\u2019s an enormous amount for what is essentially a very small area,\u201d Gelber told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>He noted that, in the face of huge, violent crowds, his officers can only do so much. \u201cMost of these shootings occurred right in front of them. So it was just seconds before a policeman was there. The idea that you can\u2019t deter this behavior with police presence really is a great concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Miami Beach Fire Rescue transport a woman on a stretcher on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.\" class=\"wp-image-21618768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Miami Beach Fire Rescue transported a woman on a stretcher on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Gelber \u2014 who said that the vicious crime spike has been caused almost entirely by the visitors \u2014 was also quick to note that his police force is seeing more and more armed people roaming the streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of weapons we have seized has been higher than typically. We\u2019ve seized about 100 weapons in the last month and some of them were pretty serious automatic weapons and obviously many more people had guns than the ones we seized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the people with guns aren\u2019t coming in on planes, they are probably regional or came via a car,\u201d the mayor added. \u201cThe curfew, it manages risk because we just can\u2019t eliminate it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239308572-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A boy makes a rude gesture toward traffic while crossing the road in South Florida.\" class=\"wp-image-21618798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239308572-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239308572-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239308572-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A boy made a rude gesture toward traffic while crossing the road in South Florida.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As awful as this year has been, the mayor admitted that this is an ongoing problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year was pretty bad, we\u2019ve had moments like this before which are challenging for both our residents and our visitors. Having five people shot in two nights, it\u2019s hard to compete with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since those eye-opening shootings, local businessmen like Justone Oelschlaeger have seen the exasperated officers out in fleet-loads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Spring_Break_in_Miami_Beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Troves of police are patrolling the Miami Beach area due to violent spring breakers.\" class=\"wp-image-21620214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Spring_Break_in_Miami_Beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Spring_Break_in_Miami_Beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Spring_Break_in_Miami_Beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Spring_Break_in_Miami_Beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Police are patrolling the Miami Beach area due to violent spring breakers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MiamiPIXX \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cImagine walking down Ocean Drive and seeing 16 cop cars, four wheelers and undercover cops walking around,\u201d Oelschlaeger, who operates the restaurant Big Pink, told The Post. He added that, beyond the armed crime, \u201cpeople are fighting over stupid stuff\u201d as far as the eye can see.<\/p>\n<p>Shikyra Henry, 23, a host at the nearby Yard House chain bar and eatery, described witnessing similar chaos. \u201c[It\u2019s] like a rave that never stops from morning to night,\u201d she said, recalling seeing a fight break out in broad daylight outside of Big Pink recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were beating each other up. I saw two guys walking up to each other \u2014 their group of friends was holding them back. They just started fighting,\u201d Henry said. \u201cIt was 3 p.m. in the afternoon. I heard threats about a weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/epaselect_USA_MIAMI_BEACH_SPRING_BREAK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A curfew has been put effect for Miami Beach to quell spring break insanity.\" class=\"wp-image-21620294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/epaselect_USA_MIAMI_BEACH_SPRING_BREAK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/epaselect_USA_MIAMI_BEACH_SPRING_BREAK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/epaselect_USA_MIAMI_BEACH_SPRING_BREAK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A curfew has been put effect for Miami Beach to quell spring break insanity.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One club promoter from North Miami Beach caught a vicious, multi-person brawl \u2014 one of three recent fights he\u2019s seen this spring break \u2014 on video last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone was playing music and one of the guys, he was a little drunk, probably too drunk, he was over excited,\u201d party promoter Kevin Justinien, 26, told The Post.\u00a0 \u201cHe bumped into one guy and that led to another thing and then boom the fight just started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another messy brawl in the area involved a woman who lost her top while being being pummelled with punches as multiple other women threw haymakers at one another. It was<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sobenews\/status\/1505572660394213379\"> posted to Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Revelers play beach football on the sand in Miami Beach.\" class=\"wp-image-21619514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Two women <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be fighting while others look on.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Justinien cautioned that beyond nasty fights and guns, brutal stampedes \u2014 which often start as tasteless pranks \u2014 are also terrorizing locals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne guy will start running and be like \u2018Oh, they\u2019re fighting,\u2019 or \u2018He\u2019s got a gun!\u2019 and then everybody starts running,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of people get hurt from it, imagine 10,000 people are just running. And then you have those outside restaurant stands that people are eating at and they see people running and just get knocked over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gelber\u2019s curfew will hopefully quell the insanity \u2014 at least in his neck of the woods. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what I hear a lot of the kids are going [an hour north] to Wilton Manors because they don\u2019t have a curfew to stay out until 5 a.m. That\u2019s where everyone is going this weekend,\u201d Oelschlaeger said, adding that Fort Lauderdale is another area anticipating an influx.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Fort Lauderdale Mounted Police officers escort revelers off the beach on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.\" class=\"wp-image-21620250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0.3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Fort Lauderdale Mounted Police officers escort revelers off the beach on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the mayor and his city\u2019s locals, it\u2019s good riddance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, we don\u2019t really want spring break,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we\u2019ve made that very clear. 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This year\u2019s spring breakers are out with a post-COVID vengeance, and they have turned the city of Miami Beach into a nightmare with shootings, street brawls, crowds stampedes and public indecency, officials and locals say. 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