“Don’t go to the beach on holidays” is one of those unwritten rules for staying safe and sane while living in Florida.
This kind of intoxicated holiday beach violence is unfortunately common in most FL beachside cities, aside from the gentrified or access-controlled ones like Sanibel or the Keys. Families and peaceful folks gravitate towards nearby state parks as the distance, entry/parking fees, and lack of adjacent bars and liquor stores tend to keep things less crowded and more civil.
It happens often enough that it’s easy to cherry pick incidents and try to label it a racial issue, but that’s BS. Getting trashed and then fighting some poor fool on the sand is just how the Florida’est Florida people of all races celebrate.
