Police Break Up 1000+ Person Party Near FSU Campus
KEILAR: This just in. Florida is reporting a big spike in coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, more than 3,000 new cases. And despite those numbers, many college kids are still having parties. There was one near Florida State University in Tallahassee that got so extreme police had to break up this party that included more than 1,000 people. I want to bring in Alicia Turner. She is the public information officer for the Tallahassee Police Department. Thank you for being with us. Can you tell us what happened here?</s>ALICIA TURNER, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, TALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT: What we know right now is that our officers first received a call for service just before midnight. Once they arrived, you're talking about 700-plus vehicles and over 1,000 people. And ultimately, it took hours to clear the scene. We also needed help from the Leon County Sheriff's Office with their helicopter to get in and help safely disperse the crowd.</s>KEILAR: I mean, how do you deter something like this when, obviously, people are just flaunting regulations and the law?</s>TURNER: I mean, right now, we're just asking for voluntary compliance. We know that people have been cooped up. We know people enjoy socializing and kind of want to get back to normal. But right now, that's just not something we can do. We're asking for people in the public to try to do what they can to remain safe.</s>KEILAR: OK. Alicia, I want to thank you so much. This is kind of astounding that folks are doing this. But we appreciate the work that you're doing. Thank you for being on. The Biden campaign launching a big attack against Facebook for its role in spreading disinformation and conspiracy theories. We'll have that next.