Florida Tamps Down Spring Break Shenanigans with ‘Law-and-Order’ Policies

Published on March 6, 2024

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—They say breaking up is hard to do. But at least one legendary, spring-break travel destination for college students, is saying to once-loved seasonal visitors: “It’s not us. It’s you. We just want different things.” After last year’s spring break lawlessness—shootings, stampedes, drunken brawls, gang clashes—Miami Beach officials, residents, and business owners said: “Enough!” Now, they’re broadcasting the message that their city is “breaking up with spring break.” They’re enacting tough new policies to tamp down on spring break shenanigans … before they start this year. At a press conference in Miami Beach on March 5, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he’ll help in that city and other beachside locales around the state by deploying law enforcement personnel and “tactical assets.”...

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