Five people were injured in these shootings, entangled a student ritual already famous for his excesses in all kinds. The curfew will last from midnight to 6 hours, from Wednesday night to Monday morning.
Le Monde with AFP
The municipal authorities of the city of Miami Beach, Florida, voted on Tuesday, March 22, the imposition of a night curfew at the end of the week, to stem a wave of firearm violence that have Five in recent days, while students flock in the area for the spring university holidays.
These “five people with bullet would have been quite could be five people killed” by bullet, said Mayor Dan Gelber at a meeting preceding curfew approval. “We can no longer bear” the situation, had already indicated the watch Mr. Gelber, after a second shootout in five days.
The curfew, which covers the busiest area of the seaside resort, whose famous Ocean Drive Artery will last from midnight to 6 hours, every night, from Wednesday night and until Monday morning. The authorities plan to renew it next week.
Thirty-seven firearms seized
Last year, the city had already imposed a curfew and banned bars to sell alcohol after 2 o’clock in the morning, and the police had arrested more than a thousand grooms for disorders at the public order. To avoid the repetition of these incidents, the police strengthened its workforce and patrols. She seized 37 firearms in three days, told Monday the chief of the police.
Every year in the spring, a crowd of young workers, including students, invests the seafront of Miami Beach for alcoholic festivals that last to the end of the night and can quickly degenerate.