A gang rape in broad daylight added to the reasons why authorities should be stricter against alcohol sales and parties in Florida's Panama City Beach.

The incident happened in March. According to Sheriff Frank McKeithen, police arrested on Friday two students of Troy University who were part of the gang that raped a 19-year-old woman behind Spinnaker Beach Club. The victim appeared to be incapacitated on a chair.

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To worsen matters, besides the multiple assault, hundreds of beachgoers saw the rape and did nothing to either stop it or report it to authorities. Someone even took a video of the incident which McKeithen described as one of the "most disgusting, repulsive, sickening things" he had seen in 2015 in the beach.

He bewailed the local culture as well as societal attitude that the youth have reached the point where sexual assault has become acceptable.

"This is happening in broad daylight with hundreds of people seeing and hearing what is happening, and they are more concerned about spilling their beer than somebody being raped," AP quotes McKeithen.

The Troy Police Department got hold of the video on April 2 after a shooting incident in Troy, Alabama. They found the video on the mobile phone of a witness.

It led to the arrest of 22-year-old Delonte Martistee of Bainbridge, Georgia, and 23-year-old Ryan Agustin Calhoun of Mobile. The two were charged with sexual battery.

The victim said she did not report the incident, which happened between March 10 and 12, because she did not remember anything. She told probers that she was probably drugged.

It was not an isolated incident because authorities have been monitoring social media for similar incidents. In another video, a man performs sexual act on an apparently incapacitated woman, while the crowd pours beer on her body.

Any further restrictions during spring break, particularly the selling of liquor, is expected to be resisted by business owners and backed by the city council.

because of the millions of dollars of income the spring break revelers bring to the local economy.

But the sheriff said he will continue to push for stricter regulations during spring break, saying, "This draws the line in the sand for us."

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