The holiday parties in Miami Beach kept the party lively – despite the newly imposed curfew to try to stifle the intoxicated annual rite.
Police officers along Ocean Drive began announcing the start of the curfew at 8 pm on Thursday after the city’s crackdown on uncontrolled party-goers that resulted in more than 1,000 arrests since February and the seizure of at least 102 weapons, Miami reported Herald.
Spring break tourists walk alongside Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida, Sunday night, March 21, 2021. The 8 pm curfew was extended in Miami Beach after the police worked to contain undisciplined crowds of tourists spring break. (Carl Juste / Miami Herald via AP)
But some revelers still roamed parts of South Beach after the curfew on the first Thursday since the new regulations went into effect, the newspaper reported.
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“We are trying to have fun,” said Brad Kopp, 21, of Pittsburgh, who learned about the new rules a few days earlier.
“We had no choice,” said Kopp’s friend Owen Blank, 24. “The money has already been spent.”
A man is arrested while leaving a few hours after the curfew in Miami Beach, Florida, on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Miami Beach commissioners voted unanimously on Sunday to extend the curfew from 8 pm to 6 am Thursday through Sunday in the entertainment district of South Beach until at least April 12, effectively closing a spring break hot spot in one of the few states fully open during the pandemic. (Daniel A. Varela / Miami Herald via AP)
Other tourists continued to walk along Ocean Drive when the curfew came into effect, according to the report. But a Miami Beach police spokesman told The Post on Friday that no arrests were recorded, although he needed to check the department’s records to confirm.
“We had much smaller crowds,” wrote official Ernesto Rodriguez by email.
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The curfew, initially set for 72 hours, was extended last weekend in the entertainment district of South Beach from Thursday to Sunday until April 12.
A man is in a car while a crowd defiantly gathers on the street while a loudspeaker plays music an hour after the curfew in Miami Beach, Florida, on Sunday, March 21, 2021. The 8pm curfew was extended in Miami Beach after law enforcement worked to contain undisciplined crowds of tourists on spring break. (Daniel A. Varela / Miami Herald via AP)
The city manager, Raul Águila, said that more than half of the prisoners were from outside the state, many of whom had the intention “to be involved in the illegality and a ‘anything goes’ attitude.”
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But the party “continued” along Ocean Drive as several police officers told party-goers about the approaching curfew, the Herald reported, with a strong smell of marijuana in the air.
Destinee Anderson, 24, from Nashville, said three policemen in a golf cart interrupted her as she walked down Collins Avenue.
“It seems that they are difficult and that we are of no importance,” said Anderson.
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