MIAMI — Just one day before Miami Beach imposed new emergency restrictions on South Beach’s swelling spring break crowds, one of the city’s political powerhouses weighed in with an appeal to curb the partying.
The city’s police union posted a 10-second cellphone video on Twitter around noon Sunday, after a pair of weekend shootings ended three weeks of relative calm on South Beach. The clip showed several officers in golf carts trapped in a maze of hundreds of people dancing and yelling and holding up their phone cameras.
“The video is a snippet of the crowds and dangers we face. Officers are EXHAUSTED. The party needs to end,” tweeted Paul Ozaeta, president of the Beach’s Fraternal Order of Police. “City officials must take immediate and firm action to ensure the safety of officers and residents.”
