Idiot thinks searching bags at beaches is legal

We can all agree that Florida had a better COVID response than most of the rest of America, but the Miami area was a stark exception. True to form, the city of Miami Beach continues to violate the Constitution with no end in sight.

The city recently announced it would start searching bags of people entering the beach. This is an unambiguous Fourth Amendment violation. There is no wiggle room on this. The Fourth Amendment's safeguard against unreasonable searches and seizures seems almost tailor-made for protecting against this.

Somebody posted on a Reddit forum for legal advice asking if this was unconstitutional. Of course it is. But someone replied...

"No, it's not Unconstitutional.

"You can avoid your bag being searched by not going to the beach or not taking your bag to the beach.

"If you choose to take your bag in, you are consenting to the search.

"If you refuse the search, they won't search, but they also won't let you in."

Wrong, stupid. The beach is public in every sense of the word. The whole point of a free country is that you don't have to avoid going to public places like the beach. You don't have to choose to stay away from a public place just so you won't be searched.

Allowing these beach searches is no different from stopping and searching every car driving down the street.

What's shocking is that someone who is apparently an adult has so little grasp of basic civics. But this isn't new. Paid trolls have been filling online forums for years. I wouldn't be surprised if the CIA is funding trolls like this now. Bet on it.

Hopefully, someone will sue Miami Beach.