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Miami Beach authorities are accused of racism as they extend curfew and state of emergency that black community say targets them: Cops make 1,000 arrests as rowdy spring break crowds 'overwhelm' the city
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 22, 2021 | Keith Griffith

Posted on 03/22/2021 5:46:35 AM PDT by C19fan

Authorities in Miami Beach are facing allegations of racism after extending an 8pm curfew and state of emergency in response to largely black crowds of spring break revelers, who officials say are 'overwhelming' the city with unruly behavior.

Miami Beach police have arrested more than 1,000 people in the past month, and faced criticism after using pepper balls and sounds cannons on the crowd on Saturday night, which black leaders called 'unnecessary force'.

'I was very disappointed,' Stephen Hunter Johnson, chairman of Miami-Dade's Black Affairs Advisory Committee, told the Miami Herald. 'I think when they're young black people [on South Beach], the response is, 'Oh my God, we have to do something.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: race
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/sarcasm off/Just let the blacks have free run over Miami Beach twerking on the street and destroying property. It is racist to stop them from expressing their culture./sarcasm off/
1 posted on 03/22/2021 5:46:35 AM PDT by C19fan
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Spring break has been a dumpster fire on FL beaches for decades. They let it get this way.


2 posted on 03/22/2021 5:48:57 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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So I guess that this movie was racist then, eh?
3 posted on 03/22/2021 5:49:14 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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I thought “Spring Break” was for college kids of all races, sizes and genders. These don’t look like college kids at all. Looking closely, no one has a college logo on a T-shirt, no mention of a school. It looks like a BLM function.


4 posted on 03/22/2021 5:50:01 AM PDT by elpadre
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The 2020 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 856
DRUNKENNESS; OPEN HOUSE PARTIES; LOITERING; PROWLING; DESERTION
View Entire Chapter
856.011 Disorderly intoxication.—
(1) No person in the state shall be intoxicated and endanger the safety of another person or property, and no person in the state shall be intoxicated or drink any alcoholic beverage in a public place or in or upon any public conveyance and cause a public disturbance.
(2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) Any person who shall have been convicted or have forfeited collateral under the provisions of subsection (1) three times in the preceding 12 months shall be deemed a habitual offender and may be committed by the court to an appropriate treatment resource for a period of not more than 60 days. Any peace officer, in lieu of incarcerating an intoxicated person for violation of subsection (1), may take or send the intoxicated person to her or his home or to a public or private health facility, and the law enforcement officer may take reasonable measures to ascertain the commercial transportation used for such purposes is paid for by such person in advance. Any law enforcement officers so acting shall be considered as carrying out their official duty.
History.—s. 16A, ch. 71-132; s. 1383, ch. 97-102.


5 posted on 03/22/2021 5:53:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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I thought “Spring Break” was for college kids of all races, sizes and genders.

Spring break must have evolved into something else from when I was in college. Jeez, college has evolved into something else. But, these people do not look like they every went to any institution of learning.

6 posted on 03/22/2021 5:54:49 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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Everything that impacts blacks in any way is racism. Even when it isn’t.
For crying’ out loud, get over this nonsense.


7 posted on 03/22/2021 5:55:31 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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No one needs to say anything here on this.

All that is needed is to show the videos.


8 posted on 03/22/2021 5:56:16 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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These don’t look like college kids at all. Looking closely, no one has a college logo on a T-shirt, no mention of a school.

Sounds familiar. At least this guy made an effort to show he was "in college." You might say he gave it the old college try.


9 posted on 03/22/2021 6:00:08 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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I thought De Santis exercised preemption over municipalities in the state. How is Miami allowed to override the state when it comes to curfews?


10 posted on 03/22/2021 6:01:57 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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Restaurants have reported that many patrons are ‘dining and dashing’ without paying their checks, and an outside patio at one eatery was severely damaged.


11 posted on 03/22/2021 6:06:17 AM PDT by hercuroc
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Just because it’s spring does NOT mean they are *spring break* crowds.


12 posted on 03/22/2021 6:07:27 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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Spring Break has devolved into just another mass street riot. These mass street riots of varying sizes are quite common in contemporary urban America especially where there are numerous Democrats. Systemic disregard for private property and civil order is an important step in the Left’s overall agenda.


13 posted on 03/22/2021 6:08:46 AM PDT by allendale
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On Sunday night, huge crowds of thousands once again defied curfew to party in the streets of Miami Beach, but police were noticeably more hands off following the racism allegations, gently encouraging the spring breakers to leave the area.


14 posted on 03/22/2021 6:09:01 AM PDT by hercuroc
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Who is the left wing Soros media trying to fool there is No spring break.
These are usual local thugs that trash and rob MB all the time.
The Commie Trump hating MB mayor made it worse .
The lear jet beautiful people crowd moved on years ago.


15 posted on 03/22/2021 6:12:45 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalist)
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Florida delegates authority to local communities in such cases.


16 posted on 03/22/2021 6:13:17 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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It does.


17 posted on 03/22/2021 6:13:30 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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Screw Miami Beach. Fully of liberals who keep voting democrats in. Let the city burn to t( ground and then salt the earth.


18 posted on 03/22/2021 6:23:15 AM PDT by gunnut
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This is all about going after DeSantis to portray him as a racist.


19 posted on 03/22/2021 6:23:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I have seen quite a bit of video from the riots, is this BLM rioting? Why, they have their President, do they want free plane tickets, food and drink and hotels?


20 posted on 03/22/2021 6:25:10 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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