Posted on 03/13/2016 12:00:22 PM PDT by SkyPilot
The word whispered across South Beach Friday night was “chaos” after the spring break crowds got out of control, forcing Miami Beach police to call for back up units.
Miami Beach police told CBS4 that spring break crowds flowed off the beach and onto Lummus Park between 7th and 9th streets before spilling onto ocean drive.
As police tried to control the crowds – getting them off the street and onto the sidewalk – people pushed, brawls broke out and objects were thrown.
The crowd became so big and out of control so quickly that Miami Beach police had to call in more units working other areas of the beach as well as units from Miami police.
“At first everything was under control,” Miami native Jovannae Sweeting told Reporter Donna Rapado. “But then I guess when people tried to fight police, of course when the police were attacked other police tried to help them. It was crazy.”
Video even captured people even standing on top of cars.
The few troublemakers in the crowd annoyed spring breakers just looking to chill on world famous Miami Beach.
“People that are here right now just wanna have fun,” said Keyon McKay, visiting from Atlanta.
“It ruins it,” said Keyona Poynter, also visiting from Atlanta. “It ruins the vacation because why you fightiing? We’re supposed to be having fun. Why you fighting?”
(Excerpt) Read more at miami.cbslocal.com ...
Video of CBS Miami report at link.
They be oppressed.
Cruz and Rubio will be blaming trump any minute now.
too much alcohol fueled, half? naked humanity bunched in one fenced in space
“Why you fighting?”
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Some people think fighting is fun.
Did Bernie award his supporters with free Miami trips after what they did in Chicago last week?
I was wondering until I got to the names. I’m not wondering any more.
Sounds like they may be combining Freaknik with the Black College Reunion (I thought that was supposed to be at Daytona this year).
I riotous time had by all.
Cruz and Rubio will be blaming trump any minute now.!
Then, they will be joined by the TDSers on Free Republic blaming all violence in the world on Trump!
The TONE of Mayor Philip Levine is to BLAME!!
Spring break in south Florida was a madhouse when I was in college 30 years ago, but it was largely a drunk and disorderly sort of thing, maybe a few fights but it was not violent for the most part. They’re going to ruin it for themselves.
Hillarious. Btw...this is a ‘break’ from college, isn’t it? I wonder if there’s a course in remedial reverse ebonics.
These are college students?Looks like a streetwalker convention.
The police just need 1 or 2 tanker fire trucks with pressure hoses to quell virtually any disrupters, They are effective about 1 block away!!!
I’ve seen it done in colder climates where it is extremely effective.....and mostly harmless.
I think I would rather go to Gaza.
Physics and Bio-Medical Engineering majors, no doubt.
You don’t even want to know what “Where the boys are” conjures up on South Beach...Marco Rubio can undoubtedly explain it to you.
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