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Fort Lauderdale plans crackdown on rowdy party scene in Himmarshee Village

A wild video, posted under the headline “Spring Breaker beaten in brawl outside Fort Lauderdale bar,” caught the mayor’s eye.

“Millions and millions of people have now seen this,” Mayor Dean Trantalis said of the New York Post exclusive report on the street fight that took place along downtown’s Himmarshee Street around 3 a.m. on March 18, during the height of Spring Break.

Alarmed by the raucous free-for-all, Fort Lauderdale commissioners now say a crackdown is on the way for the Himmarshee nightlife district, where bars are allowed to stay open till 4 a.m.

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