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May 30, 2011
South Beach Miami Memorial Day War Zone
An apartment dweller in South Beach Miami posted a shocking video online (video is now removed) just hours after violence erupted outside his window early Monday morning. The streets were filled with the annual Urban Beach Week partiers who have descended on the town since 2001.The event, which draws hundreds of thousands of people including famous performers like Ludacris and Busta Rhymes, usually drives locals out of town for the weekend. Miami Beach Commissioner Ed Tobin told a Miami Herald reporter just two days ago: I would not want anyone that I know, a friend or visitor, to be outside on South Beach after 11 p.m. on this weekend because it is dangerous despite what seemed like thousands of police officers at every corner.The Memorial day shootouts left one man dead, and three police officers injured along with a few bystanders. Herb Sosa, a gay activist and president of Unity Coalition, Miami's largest Hispanic gay rights group penned an open letter to the mayor, the...(Read Full Post)