The police report on last weekend’s Black Spring Break shows guns and narcotics were brought to the beach, Biloxi Police Chief John Miller reported Tuesday. Miller said there were “31 separate ...

Biloxi Police report guns and narcotics seizures during Black Spring Break while organizers say treatment by police was racially motivated.

A special event permit was denied for Black Spring Break organizers, but spring breakers still enjoyed the nice weather on the public beach.

Biloxi Police Chief John Miller blamed an inadequate plan from Mississippi Black Spring Break, the organization that had its special event application denied by the city.

Mississippi Black Spring Break is holding events in Gulfport in April but organizers still plan a party on the beach after Biloxi’s new special events committee denied a permit.

Mississippi Black Spring Break is coming to the Mississippi Coast from April 11 to 14 and there are new laws to follow in Biloxi this year.

After a shooting outside Surf Style in 2023, Biloxi city leaders passed new ordinances requiring a new permitting system for special events. In 2024, Black Spring Break was denied a permit.