Man accused of shouting slurs, fighting police outside Palm Tree Club in North Bay Village

A Miami man was arrested after police say he shouted racial slurs created a masses disturbance and fought with officers outside of Palm Tree Club in North Bay Village According to the arrest description -year-old Anthony T Governale was taken into custody just before midnight on Wednesday outside the Palm Tree Club on Kennedy Causeway where an officer working an extra-duty detail broadcasted seeing him yelling profanities and racial slurs at an employee near the VIP entrance Police stated Governale continued shouting as he was escorted off the property drawing a large crowd of bystanders and causing traffic to stop along the busy roadway Once on the sidewalk officers mentioned he again yelled slurs creating what they described as a masses safety hazard When an officer attempted to arrest him Governale ran according to the description The account states that the officer chased him but fell before catching up moments later As officers tried to detain him they commented Governale flailed his arms and legs kicked at them and grabbed at an officer s hair and another officer s neck according to the analysis A supervising sergeant deployed a Taser to gain compliance and officers eventually handcuffed Governale the account states A North Bay Village police officer suffered minor injuries including abrasions and knee injuries and was treated at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Police commented Governale initially refused to identify himself and was later approved through a Rapid ID fingerprint scan He was medically cleared at Jackson West Hospital before being taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center He faces multiple charges including battery on a law enforcement officer resisting an officer with violence resisting without violence and disorderly intoxication