Party of more than 1,000 people broken up by police near Florida State University

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Police officers in Tallahassee, Fla., broke up a gathering of over 1,000 people, with officials responding to over a dozen calls of large crowds in the Florida city over the weekend amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“The crowds ranged in size, including one with approximately 700 vehicles and more than 1,000 people gathered outside,” the City of Tallahassee Police Department said in a Sunday statement. Officers dispersed the crowd with assistance from a Leon County Sheriff’s Office helicopter.

The gathering was outside a student apartment complex that is approximately two miles from Florida State University, the Miami Herald reported. Nearly 1,500 Florida State University students have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the school. Forty-six students tested positive last week. University officials have called on students to practice social distancing, wear face masks or coverings and take other health precautions.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last week proposed a “bill of rights” for college students in response to schools punishing students for hosting gatherings amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “... I personally think it's dramatically draconian that a student could get potentially expelled for going to a party. That’s what college kids do.”

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/518691-party-of-more-than-1000-people-broken-up-by-police-near-florida

[riversedge]

1. Selfish. But Gov Desantis thinks it is just fine.

[soothsayer]

2. That guy is despicable

[soothsayer]

3. Anagram Man says it all

Link to tweet

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Florida governor ron DeSantis = ignorant loser adviser for don

[genxlib]

4. In fairness

They desperately needed a drink after getting pasted by the Miami Hurricanes in football.

[cwydro]

5. I keep seeing comments on these twitter threads saying that's what college students do: they party.

Not once in my college years did I attend a party with 1000 people.

[Lochloosa]

7. You went to the wrong college...lol

Florida State is a party college. We used to have a party in the spring called Tune-up. It started at 2:00 in the afternoon and went till the cops shut it down. Usually around 3 am. Live bands, Kegs etc. There were easily 1000+ coming and going throughout the day.

I was standing in my front yard and a cop told me I had to go home. I told him I was home. He just laughed. The cops were great about the party. We would notify them a week in advance just so they could prepare for it.

[cwydro]

8. Not my kind of fun at all.

[Lochloosa]

9. Then you went to the right college.

[Lochloosa]

6. God I miss my home town.....well not so much right now.

There is no way you are going to stop the parties. It was a fantasy to think college kids would not party.

I grew up in Tallahassee. There was never a shortage of parties, small and large, to go to.