Posted on 05/27/2014 4:38:27 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) -- A large police presence took over Fort Lauderdale Beach Monday, shutting down A1A for nearly an hour after, investigators said, hundreds of people showed up to cause violence on Memorial Day.
Pictures sent by 7News viewers showed Fort Lauderdale Police gathering on A1A to disperse those who, officials said, specifically came to fight.
"It was a pretty rowdy crowd," said witness Jamar Artist. "Pretty much, like, people were bum-rushing each other, a lot of people were getting trampled on their way out, exits."
Police said the alleged brawlers gathered at Fort Lauderdale Park and began fighting, then moved to the area of Beach Place, where the mayhem continued. "The individuals that came here today are not individuals that were coming to visit the beach or to enjoy the long weekend," said Fort Lauderdale Police Detective DeAnna Greenlaw. "The individuals that came here today came to cause a problem."
Fort Lauderdale Police and the Broward Sheriff's Office's Field Force teams made dozens of arrests, for everything from fighting to drug possession. They also closed three bridges leading to the beach to help disperse the crowd.
A bus was damaged as a result of the day's events.
It is a Memorial Day that visitors who got caught in the middle of it all won't soon forget. "I just saw the crowd running, and it smelled like pepper spray," said a witness.
Investigators are trying to determine whether social media played a role in prompting the unruly crowd to meet at Fort Lauderdale Park.
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And we saw what happened in Myrtle Beach, SC during Black Bike Week. Why is this? Why can’t they have a gathering without trouble?
And by doing that, they tell you exactly who is causing the trouble.
Because whites are racists, silly!
well, we’re not supposed to be racist or bigoted, but, clearly gang types and the criminal element show up at these events and cause trouble.
These sound like events that decent black people would want to avoid. If violence and mayhem break out, innocent bystanders get caught in the crossfire.
When I lived down there we avoided ALL gatherings on holidays .
Same thing happened at Clearwater Beach yesterday. All seemed to be Obama’s sons.
By them telling nothing, it tells you everything you need to know as to who was doing what.
By now, the fifth-column obamawhore media tapdancing around the essential facts is all the evidence needed. It's like the news from Pravda in Commieland under Khrushchev.
Here’s a cute video from Myrtle Beach Black Bike Week 2014.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw6sLy1tLiY
That is more than in the Elliot Rodgers “I’m A Virgin, Nobody Likes Me” shooting in CA.
Swedish and Norwegian tourists?
Pacific islanders gone wild?
Just your typical hood rats, dats all.
Those people who “came to cause trouble” wouldn’t have if it weren’t for white racism.
Do you really think it’s the alcohol ??! It’s in the blood.
They have the money from either welfare or govt. jobs where they are affirmative -— hires.
Gotta find a way to attract sharks to our shores on these weeks and weekends.
I knew it had to be hoodrats that started shooting on Clearwater Beach as soon as the news crawl said that only residents with proof of identity were being allowed in during the aftermath.
The rest of the year, Clearwater Beach is very peaceful. Even during Spring Break the crowds are pretty well behaved as a general rule.
I take it, we’re not talking about Mods vs Rockers, here.
Urban Beach Week.Maybe the dumbest idea ever.
Who would have thought that a bunch of fat Germans in speedos could be so much trouble?
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