Miami Beach efforts to tone down South Beach party scene are racist, critics say
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An effort by police in Miami Beach, Florida, to turn down the volume of South Beach's raucous party scene is being labeled as racist by some critics.
"We cannot accept this as our normal," Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said. "What we have called an entertainment district has become an incredible magnet for crime and disorder, and whatever it provides in revenue is just not worth the heartache." "What we have called an entertainment district has become an incredible magnet for crime and disorder, and whatever it provides in revenue is just not worth the heartache."
Miami Beach, a city of 90,000 residents, is not to be confused with the much larger nearby city of Miami, which has about 450,000 residents. (Miami's mayor is Francis Suarez.)
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