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For the third year in a row, Miami Beach finds itself struggling with spring break violence, including two fatal shootings and unruly crowds, despite a massive police presence and activities designed to give people alternatives to drinking and roaming the streets.

The city issued a curfew on Sunday night and plans another starting on Thursday in an effort to curb violence after two fatal shootings took place over the weekend.

The political crisis comes amid growing public outrage over shortages of food, fuel and medicines.

"This was a bust," said one tourist from Maryland. She spent $1,700 for four nights in town. "I'm totally disappointed."

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Some see a connection between the city of Miami Beach’s handling of Blacks in the past and in the present after a state of emergency was declared following two shootings over the weekend.

Two shootings wounded five people in the city this past weekend. A curfew will go into effect late this week requiring that people be off the streets between midnight and 6 a.m.

Miami Beach is appealing a decision by a Circuit Court judge that ruled the city's 2 a.m. ban on alcohol sales unlawful.

Miami-Dade is lifting it's midnight COVID imposed curfew beginning April 12. Plus, two new bills shift power to regulate businesses from municipalities to the state. And the Miami Jewish Film Festival kicks off next week.

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