Saturday 20 July 2019

Cruel and unusual: West Palm Beach plays “Baby Shark” to force out homeless people

Apparently inspired by the interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the government of West Palm Beach is repeatedly playing the song “Baby Shark” on a public address system to discourage homeless people from sleeping at a city-owned waterfront pavilion. The city also is blaring other irritating children’s songs to keep the homeless away from its Waterfront Lake Pavilion, which generates about $24,000 of annual income from event fees, mainly in connection with weddings. Leah […]



source https://therealdeal.com/national/2019/07/20/cruel-and-unusual-west-palm-beach-plays-baby-shark-to-force-out-homeless-people/#new_tab

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