The total arrest in Miami Beach is now more than 1,000 days after the days of unrest, with many people coming out of the state “to enter lawlessness and an ‘everything goes’ party attitude,” officials said.
The updated figures come when officials also voted until April 12 to extend curfew and closing at the popular tourist destination, despite residents apparently having to wait in traffic congestion for up to four hours after police closed the bridges in hopes of to prevent the rioting crowds. of meeting.
However, there remain more and more photos of law enforcement officers being arrested in Miami Beach. Fox News contacted the city’s police department for further comment.
A man was arrested Sunday morning in Miami Beach, Florida, a few hours past the curfew. (AP / Miami Herald)
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Raul Aguila, city manager, says more than half of the more than 1,000 arrests were from outside the state, adding that many come “to enter lawlessness and an ‘everything’ goes’ party attitude.”
He also said the crowd did not eat at restaurants or show businesses to help generate tourist dollars, but only gathered at thousands in the street.
The crowds – fighting in the streets, destroying restaurant property and refusing to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic – last Monday, Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Clements expressed concern when it was larger than usual on a quiet day.
Crowds gather defiantly in the street, while a speaker makes music an hour past the evening clock in Miami Beach, Florida, on Sunday. A number of hour-long evening clocks have been expanded in Miami Beach after law enforcers worked to curb rioting crowds of tourists in the spring. (AP / Miami Herald)
“We could not go on any longer,” Clements said during a meeting with city officials Sunday, defending the evening clock. “I think it was the right decision.”
Miami tourism officials say billions of dollars were lost when the pandemic first erupted last year, canceling the spring break and forcing beach closures across Florida. The city’s tourism arm has just spent $ 5 million on its largest national advertising campaign in 20 years.
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Miami Beach police are on the scene to disperse a crowd that formed near Seventh Street and Alton Road after the crowd was sent away from Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida, on Sunday. (AP / Miami Herald)
At the same time, local officials banned alcohol from the beach, along with all alcohol sales after 10pm in an effort to limit parties. The city even sent text messages to tourists with the warning: “Vacation responsible or being arrested.”
“I just feel like it’s really not fair,” tourist Heather Price told NBC. “People paid a lot of money to come here, just not being able to do the activities they wanted.”
Fox News’ Bradford Betz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.