News crew is attacked while filming a segment about rocketing crime on Miami s South Beach
CBS4 reporter Bobeth Yates and photojournalist Ebenezer Mends were reporting on the wave of violence along the party strip Wednesday night
A fight broke out and they started filming it but a group of people turned on them
Yates said she and Mends were both attacked , pushed and hit
The attackers also threw liquid thought to be alcohol in their faces, she said
The Miami Beach City Commission voted Wednesday to ban alcohol sales in the district after 2 am in an effort to curb the rise in violence in the area
Video: Florida TV crew attacked filming fight on South Beach
2 arrested; crew unharmed but equipment damaged
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A television news crew was attacked while filming a fight that broke out in Miami Beach on Wednesday night, police said.
CBS4 reporter Bobeth Yates and photojournalist Ebenezer Mends were reporting a story about recent unruly behavior in South Beach when a group of people turned on them, Yates said during an 11 p.m. news broadcast.
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“Just really shaken up. Been reporting for a very long time, don’t want to date myself, but about 20 years, and I’ve never been attacked like this on a story,” Yates said. “The ironic part was, we were actually covering crime on South Beach.”
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The mayor said the city needs to adopt a work-live-play recipe rather than the play-play-play formula.
Miami Beach mayor Dan Gelber said he s determined to give the city a more balanced lifestyle, following a raucous spring break that produced damaging publicity for one of Florida s key tourism engines.
Miami Beach mayor Dan Gelber
Gelber said the city needs to adopt a work-live-play recipe rather than the play-play-play formula that in his view drew unmanageable crowds to Miami Beach for much of March.
Large throngs snarled traffic. Some breakers not all of them students danced on cars, baited police or skipped out on restaurant tabs, prompting 894 arrests between Feb. 3 and March 15. Residents were on edge.
The Commercial changes are aimed at the Art Deco Historic District. (Getty)
Miami Beach’s strategy for killing the rowdy, at times violent, party atmosphere on Ocean Drive and nearby Collins Avenue involves curtailing development of future standalone and rooftop bars.
The Miami Beach City Commission on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a slate of commercial changes aimed at revamping the Art Deco Historic District into a neighborhood that attracts long-term office tenants and residents, while reforming Ocean Drive’s reputation as an anything-goes tourist destination.
The proposal includes:
A prohibition on standalone bars. Properties would only be allowed to have bars as an accessory to a restaurant use or if a bar is located in a hotel lobby.