City hopes ‘Baby Shark’ song will drive homeless away

Authored by apnews.com and submitted by southwardly

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children’s songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping on the patio of a city-owned rental banquet facility.

West Palm Beach parks and recreation director Leah Rockwell tells the Palm Beach Post they’re trying to discourage people from sleeping outside the glass-walled Waterfront Lake Pavilion, which she says rakes in some $240,000 annually from events.

The loop of “Baby Shark” and “Raining Tacos” is a temporary fix to keep homeless people off the patio. Rockwell says the city wants to formalize hours for the facility, which should make trespassing laws easier to enforce.

Illaya Champion tells the Post “it’s wrong” to chase people away with music. He says he’ll still sleep there, but “it’s on and on, the same songs.”

GlassLobster on July 17th, 2019 at 16:48 UTC »

I just realized the strobe lights in the parks downtown are probably to keep people from sleeping on the benches and aren't for impromptu raves on the way home from the bar like I've been using them for...

TinyEverest on July 17th, 2019 at 16:07 UTC »

Leave the park doo-doo do-doo do-doo

FlashbackUniverse on July 17th, 2019 at 13:23 UTC »

But what about the endless horde of 2 year olds that will be drawn to the park?

The place is basically going to look like Night of the Living Dead: The Pre-K Years