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Miami Beach declares state of emergency, imposes curfew after fatal shootings, ‘stampedes’ during spring break

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The City of Miami Beach declared a state of emergency Sunday morning after two shootings resulted in two fatalities and “stampedes” caused injuries to several people during spring break.

The City is imposing a curfew beginning 11:59 p.m. Sunday night. The curfew primarily affects South Beach, a popular party spot for spring break revelers. Violators will be subject to arrest.

“We don’t ask for spring break in our city. We don’t want spring break in our city. It’s too rowdy, it’s too much disorder and it’s too difficult to police,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said in a video message Sunday, as reported by WFMZ.

Gelber said the crowds and the presence of numerous firearms “created a peril that cannot go unchecked” the outlet also reported.

City Manager Alina T. Hudak signed the declaration Sunday, according to a press release also issued Sunday.

Two shootings over the weekend of March 17 resulted in two fatalities and injuries to others. The incidents also created “stampedes that caused injuries to several people, including two volunteer goodwill ambassadors,” the emergency declaration states.

“In response to the two shootings and the excessively large and unruly crowds, and to mitigate dangerous and illegal conduct, the City of Miami Beach has ordered a state of emergency and a 11:59 p.m. curfew to take effect on Sunday, March 19, 2023 through 6 a.m. Monday, March 20, 2023,” according to the press release.

Sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption will be prohibited in the curfew area after 6 p.m. on Sunday, the press release also says.

Commercial businesses are to admit their last guests in time to get them out by 11:59, with the exception of hotels. Non hotel businesses may operate during the curfew period for delivery only, according to the city’s press release.

The curfew does not apply to the provision of essential services nor to city residents requiring access to or from their homes nor to hotel guests and employees.

“Any violation of these emergency measure(s) shall subject the violator(s) to arrest and
criminal prosecution pursuant to Sections 26-36 and 1-14 of the City Code, or Fla.
Stats. 252.47 and 252.50,” according to the press release.

A separate emergency declaration will be implemented to cover Thursday, March 23 through Monday, March 27, according to the five-page emergency declaration. The city will hold a special commission meeting Monday to discuss future restrictions.

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DeSantis Administration Seeking to Revoke Alcohol License of Hyatt Regency Miami over Drag Show Allowing Children

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) administration is making good on its promise to target facilities allowing children to attend sexually explicit drag shows and is seeking to revoke the alcohol license of the Hyatt Regency in Miami over a drag show that took place in December which allowed children to be in attendance.

According to the administrative complaint, the event in question is “A Drag Queen Christmas,” which occurred at the James L. Knight Center, connected to the hotel giant, December 27.

Per the complaint:

Respondent promoted the Show using targeted, Christmas-themed promotional materials that did not provide notice as to the sexually explicit nature of the Show’s performances or other content. Rather than call attention to the Show’s sexually explicit content or acknowledge that it might not be appropriate for children, Respondent’s promotional materials unequivocally stated ‘[a]ll ages welcome.”

The letter notes that the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) warned the Hyatt Regency Miami against allowing children to attend the sexually explicit event and that the venue responded by updating its advertising to “recommended for audiences 18+.” However, it still allowed children to attend if they were accompanied by an adult. Therefore, minors were “knowingly admitted into the Show.”

“During the Show and in the presence of person less than 16 years of age, performers appeared on stage wearing sexually suggestive clothing and prosthetic female genitalia,” the complaint reads, noting that the performance also featured “numerous segments where performers engaged in acts of sexual conduct, sexual activity, and lewd, vulgar, and indecent displays.” That includes “performers forcibly penetrating or rubbing their exposed prosthetic female crests against the faces or oral cavities of audience members” as well as “simulating masturbation through performers’ digitally penetrating prosthetic female [sic] genital.”  It also noted the sexually explicit nature of the show’s Christmas songs, which included “Screwdolph the Red-Nippled Reindeer.”

Breitbart News detailed the explicit nature of this nationwide drag show in December.

Notably, Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation sent a warning to more than one host, including the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation Inc. The DeSantis administration later filed a complaint against that venue as well.

“DPBR will, like in other cases, take action,” read a statement from the DeSantis administration in December following news of these sexually explicit events, noting that “exposing children to sexually explicit activity is a crime in Florida, and such action violates the Department’s licensing standards for operating a business and holding a liquor license.”