Lawrence Charmichael News Today

For blocks, people stood in lines outside of bars and nightclubs, most of them without masks or physical distancing. The crowd seemed to grow even after revelers cheered Orlando’s traditional midnight orange drop on the rooftop of Latitudes bar. At around 1 a.m. Friday, Lt. Joe Capece of the Orlando Police Department estimated a downtown crowd of around 50,000 â€” similar to the turnout for this year’s downtown Halloween festivities, he said. He emphasized that was rough estimate....