警察局长说，迈阿密举行的聚会“再也无法继续前进”

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Pointing to over 1,000 arrests in one of the nation’s top party spots, Miami Beach officials warned Sunday that the unruly spring break crowd gathering by the thousands, fighting in the streets, destroying restaurant property and refusing to wear masks has become a serious threat to public safety.

During a last-minute meeting Sunday, city officials voted to extend a highly unusual 8 p.m. curfew for another week along famed South Beach, with the possibility of extending it well into April if needed, and stressed this isn’t the typical spring break crowd. They said it’s not college students, but adults looking to let loose in one of the few states fully open during the pandemic.

添加了来自其他四个机构的执法人员以及特警队，以帮助包含喧闹的人群，但这还不够。经过几天的派对，包括与警察的几次对抗，迈阿密海滩官员周六晚上8点从周六晚上8点颁布了一项非常非正统的宵禁。直到凌晨6点，迫使餐馆在为期三天的紧急期间完全停止户外座位，并鼓励当地企业自愿关闭。

更多的than half of the more than 1,000 arrests were from out of state, said City Manager Raul Aguila, adding many are coming “to engage in lawlessness and an ‘anything goes’ party attitude.” He also noted that the crowds weren’t eating at restaurants or patronizing businesses generating badly needed tourism dollars, but merely congregating by the thousands in the street.

Officers in bullet proof vests dispersed pepper spray balls Saturday night into a defiant, but mostly nonviolent crowd, refusing to submit to the curfew that had only been enacted four hours earlier. Some people responded by jumping on top of cars, twerking and throwing money into the air.

看到一辆军用车辆沿着棕榈树衬里的海洋大道滚下来，因为迈阿密海滩警察多于周六努力驱散喧闹的人群。敦促游客留在他们的酒店内，行人或车辆不允许在晚上8点后进入限制区域。

Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Clements initially became concerned last Monday when the crowds seemed larger than normal on what is typically a quieter day. A group of vehicles blocked the street “and basically had an impromptu street party,” he said. By Thursday, the crowds were growing, fights were breaking out, setting off dangerous stampedes of people fleeing for safety.

克莱门茨在周日的会议上说：“我们再也不能继续前进。”“我认为这是正确的决定。”

在星期五晚上,警方说,这次聚会of control. One restaurant was “turned upside down” in the melee, “chairs were used as weapons,” and broken glass covered the floor.

隔壁，标志性的酒吧，克利夫兰南海滩（Clevelander South Beach），宣布将暂时暂停所有食品和饮料业务，直到人群挤满了海洋大道（Ocean Drive），直到3月24日，闯入了街头战斗。

警方说，在开枪射击后，一名年轻女子在踩踏事件中割伤了她的腿，以至于她被运送到医院，最初以为自己被枪杀了。

“How many more things are we going to allow to occur before we step in,” said Clements.

迈阿密海滩市长丹·盖尔伯（Dan Gelber）说，他晚上难以入睡，担心失控的聚会。

他在周日的委员会会议上说：“当数百人在街上奔跑时，您会意识到这不是警察部队可以控制的事情。”

地方官员一直在努力执行Covid-19-19条例。佛罗里达州没有共和党州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯（Ron DeSantis）的亲企业立场，没有全州范围的掩护规则，对能​​力或其他此类限制的限制。

Gelber说：“我认为，由于我们的州开放，很少有地方开放。”“我们正处于大流行中。该病毒在我们的社区中仍然非常存在。大多数日子里，我们每天都有1,000次感染。”

一位专员询问是否可以向非居民征收损失，以阻止游客。一些人说，是时候进行新的营销活动来帮助将南海滩重塑为派对城市，指出春假期间在劳德代尔堡附近的少数被捕。

地方官员和企业一直在努力平衡求职者以促进经济的平衡，同时在正在进行的冠状病毒大流行中安全地进行了安全。当地居民抱怨他们在宵禁期间关闭桥梁后，他们在交通中花费了三到四个小时，一些餐馆要求允许在宵禁后继续提供食物。

迈阿密旅游官员说，当大流行于去年首次爆发时，损失了数十亿美元，取消了春假并迫使整个阳光州的海滩关闭。该市的旅游部门仅在20年内花了500万美元在其最大的全国广告活动上。

同时，当地官员在晚上10点后禁止酒精以及所有酒精销售。为了遏制聚会。该市甚至向游客发送了手机短信，警告说：“负责任地度假或被捕。”

“我只是觉得这真的不公平，”旅游希瑟·普莱斯（Heather Price）告诉NBC 6.。“人们花了很多钱来一路走来，只是为了无法做他们想做的活动。”