Massive crowds cause trouble in Panama City Beach

mypanhandle ^ | 03/27/2022

[devane617]

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — The Walmart on Front Beach road is once again closed and barricaded as law enforcement officers continue to deal with large and rowdy crowds.

Rowdy crowds gathered in large numbers and disrupted many Panama City Beach businesses Saturday night, many of which closed down early out of safety concerns.

“I didn’t see any shooting but people were talking about it but I did hear about it and everybody was running,” visitor Ladariya Gurley said. “We were getting run over by people. They were pushing us.”

“I came in my sandals because when we see a whole group of people running, we’re gonna run. We’re not gonna sit there,” visitor Kiniya Marsh said.

Local fine dining establishment Firefly closed three hours early Saturday night.

“You tell people that have their anniversary dinner or their birthday dinner and have scheduled an 8 o’clock reservation I gotta call them and say “Hey guys, we gotta cancel you,” Firefly owner Dave Trepanier said. “That birthday or anniversary only comes once a year so you got people that came into town for it so those decisions aren’t taken lightly but a the end of the day you have to consider public safety and the safety of your staff.”

[devane617]

Guess who came for a visit this weekend to Panama City Beach, FL? Those peace loving children ... Yea, those.

[devane617]

Had to Walton county SO for backups because every local cop was already there. Need the National Guard .

[who knows what evil?]

Where the white women at?

[Lurker]

“Ladariya Gurley”

Yep.

L

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“Teens.” “Youths.”

[dragnet2]

“I didn’t see any shooting but people were talking about it but I did hear about it cause people were talking about it, but I didn't see nuthing, and everybody was running,”

[alternatives?]

Visitors names of Ladariya and Kiniya.

[virgil]

Maybe schools should cancel spring break.

[dragnet2]

What a knee slapper!

[PGR88]

its the damn Russians again....

[William of Barsoom]

He said, “I came in my sandals...”

(Perhaps sneakers would have been a better choice for running.)

Ya know, I came once in my...

...never mind. Sorry. Some jokes just write themselves — it’s too easy-—

[devane617]

PCB has Biker week twice a year and rarely any problems at all. Next year I wish they would have the last two weeks of Spring Break and Biker weeks at thee same time.

[Jane Long]

From the article....

...“Last night there was just mayhem,” Watson said. “There were people all over the sidewalks, enough to where people couldn’t freely walk through the sidewalk.”

“When you got Walmarts and Waffle Houses and you have things that don’t ever shut down shutting down you know there’s a problem,” Trepanier said. ...

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Walmarts and Waffle Houses....never a good mix.

[Poison Pill]

Ladariya and Kiniya

Sounds like Russian cars

[I Drive Too Fast]

I was there during Bike Week aka Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally last October. It was very peaceful. There were many cool bikes and a whole lot of "Let's Go Brandon" signs.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yeah, Ladariya and Kiniya were there, fer sure. Sounds like a pair of SCOTUS Associate Justices in waiting.

[TigerHawk]

THE FERAL AMISH at it again!

[bray]

Black Lives Matter More

[Vigilanteman]

As you probably know, Sturgis, South Dakota hosts one of the largest biker weeks in the nation every August with upward of 750,000 bikers attending at some point. It is a small town of less than 1/10th that number.

But it is virtually incident free because the bikers do such a good job of policing themselves.

[McGavin999]

This is where a lot of that school loan money goes.