迈阿密海滩官员已经宣布进入紧急状态，因为“势不可挡”复活节假人群，本周末对其娱乐区实施了晚上8点的宵禁，并暂时关闭了几条通往该市的道路。
迈阿密海滩市长丹·盖尔伯宣布了新措施，称该市有时感到“失控”
“归根结底，如果发生可怕的事情，世界上所有的警察都不会阻止它发生，”盖尔伯在周六的新闻发布会上说。“我们这个地区的城市现在已经变成了一个火药桶，我们不能只希望它不被点燃。”
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2021年3月18日，佛罗里达州迈阿密海滩，人们沿着海洋大道散步，尽情享受。
官员们说，新的紧急命令最多将生效72小时。
周六晚上8点开始宵禁。由于天气原因，从午夜到早上6点已经实行了全县宵禁冠状病毒大流行。
三条堤道上的东行交通也将从晚上9点至早上6点对居民和酒店客人关闭，但有一些例外。除居民、酒店客人和企业员工外，海洋大道主干道也将从晚上8点开始对车辆和行人关闭。
还有其他影响夜间餐厅运营的紧急措施，包括人行道咖啡馆。
该市鼓励所有被他们视为“高影响区”的企业在此期间关闭，并敦促酒店客人晚上8点后不要上街。
“这不是一个容易做出的决定，”临时城市经理劳尔·阿吉拉在简报会上告诉记者。“我们这样做是为了保护公众健康和安全。”
“你们中的大多数人，如果没有被报道，昨晚在娱乐区看到了数以千计的人群，”他补充说。“当我们到达春假高峰的顶峰时，我们完全被娱乐区淹没了。”
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2021年3月18日，佛罗里达州迈阿密海滩，人们沿着海洋大道散步，尽情享受。
他说，尤其是周五晚上，沿着海洋大道的旅程“简直让人无法招架”。
“这看起来像一场摇滚音乐会，”阿吉拉说。“你看不到人行道，也看不到草地。”
市长说，这个季节的春假比往年吸引了更多的游客，因为由于新冠肺炎的限制，前往其他目的地的机会可能会受到限制。
“人们倾向于来到开放的地方，”盖尔伯说。
在过去的一周里，迈阿密海滩警察至少两次使用胡椒球驱散海洋大道附近的人群。该部门称，两名警察上周末在拘留一名嫌疑人时受伤。
迈阿密海滩警察局局长里克·克莱门茨在简报会上说:“我们已经尽了一切努力来缓解我们看到的行为，但坦率地说，我担心这种行为对我们来说会变得更加难以处理。”
克莱门茨说，周四晚上发生了一起事件，数百人分散，财产被毁。他说，周五晚上发生了三起此类事件，导致人员受伤。
Miami Beach declares state of emergency due to spring break crowds
Miami Beach officials have declared a state of emergency due to "overwhelming"spring breakcrowds, imposing an 8 p.m. curfew this weekend for its entertainment district and temporarily closing several roads leading into the city.
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber announced the new measures, saying the city feels at times "out of control."
"At the end of the day, all the policing in the world isn't going to stop something terrible from happening if it's going to happen," Gelber said during a press briefing Saturday. "Our city right now in this area has become a tinder, and we cannot have a policy of simply hoping that it's not lit."
The new emergency orders will be in effect for up to 72 hours, officials said.
The 8 p.m. curfew starts Saturday. A countywide curfew had already been in place from midnight to 6 a.m. due to thecoronavirus pandemic.
Eastbound traffic on three causeways will also be closed to traffic, with some exceptions for residents and hotel guests, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Main thoroughfare Ocean Drive will also close to vehicular and pedestrian traffic starting at 8 p.m., save for residents, hotel guests and business employees.
There are additional emergency measures impacting nighttime restaurant operations, including sidewalk cafes.
The city is encouraging all businesses within what they've deemed a "high-impact zone" to close during this period and is urging hotel guests to stay off the streets after 8 p.m.
"This was not an easy decision to make," interim City Manager Raul Aguila told reporters at the briefing. "We are doing that to protect the public health and safety."
“Most of you saw, if not covered, the crowds last night in the entertainment district numbering into the thousands," he added. "As we hit the peak of the peak of spring break, we are quite simply overwhelmed in the entertainment district."
Friday night along Ocean Drive in particular was "quite simply overwhelming," he said.
"It looked like a rock concert," Aguila said. "You couldn't see pavement and you couldn't see grass."
The mayor said this season's spring break has attracted more visitors than in previous years, as access to other destinations may be limited due to COVID-19 restrictions.
"People tend to come to the place that is open," Gelber said.
At least twice in the past week, Miami Beach police officers resorted to using pepper balls to disperse crowds near Ocean Drive. Two police officers were injured last weekend while taking a suspect into custody, the department said.
"We've done everything we can to try and mitigate the behavior that we are seeing, but quite frankly, I am concerned that the behavior is getting to be a little bit more for us to be able to handle," Miami Beach Police Chief Rick Clements said during the briefing.
Clements said there was one incident Thursday night in which property was destroyed as hundreds of people dispersed. On Friday night there were three such incidents, resulting in injuries, he said.
