West Palm Beach Officials Play Ëœbaby Shark Continuously to Stop Homeless From Sleeping in Park
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West Palm Beach Officials Play 'Baby Shark' Continuously To Stop Homeless From Sleeping In Park
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WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) – Officials in West Palm Beach hope playing a continuous loop of "Baby Shark," the popular song that kids love and parents seem tortured by, can help prevent homeless people from sleeping at a local park.The tune is being played throughout the night at the recreational area.
West Palm Beach parks and recreation director Leah Rockwell tells the Palm Beach Post they're trying to discourage people from camping out along the glass-walled Lake Pavilion. She says the pavilion rakes in some $240,000 annually from events.
The loop doesn't only play "Baby Shark, but "Raining Tacos," another popular kid's song, as well.
Rockwell says it is a temporary fix and the city wants to formalize hours for the park, 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."
To be honest that would work for me. Both songs are obnoxious af.
More details from the NY Post:
The town of West Palm Beach, Florida, is employing a creative technique to stop its homeless population from sleeping in a park overnight: blaring annoying children's songs on loop.Viral songs "Baby Shark" and "Raining Tacos" are being played on loop at night around the glass-walled Lake Pavilion, the Miami Herald reports.
Apparently, the pavilion's patio is a hot-spot for the vagrants at night. So far, the "Baby Shark" — which has more than 3 billion views on YouTube — seems to be keeping them away.
"It has been effective and is a temporary measure to make the area accessible for those who have rented the facility and for future events," Parks and Recreation Director Leah Rockwell tells the Palm Beach Post.
According to the report, West Palm Beach is currently working on a formalized plan to enforce stricter park hours and trespassing.Parks and Rec reps consider the music a "humane" band-aid solution at the moment.
"We are not forcing individuals to stay on the patio of the pavilion to listen to the music. The music is heard only if you are on the patio, a very small area relative to the rest of the waterfront," Rockwell says.
The city's primary concern is keeping people who rent the pavilion for private events happy. Last year, they hosted 164 events, and plan to bring in $240,000 this year from renting the space, the PBP reports.
One homeless person, Illaya Champion, told the Palm Beach Post the music wouldn't stop him from sleeping on the pavilion. "It don't bother me. I still lay down in there — but it's on and on, the same songs," he said.
As for the city's attempt to shoo away the homeless population from the public rest area?
"It's wrong," he said.
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"How do we handle the homeless crisis?"
"Treat them the same way we treated prisoners at Guantanamo until they decide to be homeless somewhere less rich and important."
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Almost makes sense when your city gets bankrupted everytime your wanna-be despot-in-chief cant go 3 weeks without crying his way back into his private resort and costing millions in security.Cheaper than giving a fuck. Someone needs to fuck up those speakers.
Not making excuses for this, just wanted to dunk on Cheetolini
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I've had to sleep through both songs since my toddler learned how to use the Alexa.
Welcome to my nightmare
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This is terrible. Don't they do this in Guantanamo with Eminem songs?
Eminem songs are torture everywhere, not only in Guantanamo
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I'll buy y'all a small shipment of earplugs to distribute while others work on destroying the loudspeakers.
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The town of West Palm Beach, Florida, is employing a creative technique to stop its homeless population from sleeping in a park overnight: blaring annoying children's songs on loop.Viral songs "Baby Shark" and "Raining Tacos" are being played on loop at night around the glass-walled Lake Pavilion, the Miami Herald reports.
Apparently, the pavilion's patio is a hot-spot for the vagrants at night. So far, the "Baby Shark" — which has more than 3 billion views on YouTube — seems to be keeping them away.
"It has been effective and is a temporary measure to make the area accessible for those who have rented the facility and for future events," Parks and Recreation Director Leah Rockwell tells the Palm Beach Post.
According to the report, West Palm Beach is currently working on a formalized plan to enforce stricter park hours and trespassing.Parks and Rec reps consider the music a "humane" band-aid solution at the moment.
"We are not forcing individuals to stay on the patio of the pavilion to listen to the music. The music is heard only if you are on the patio, a very small area relative to the rest of the waterfront," Rockwell says.
The city's primary concern is keeping people who rent the pavilion for private events happy. Last year, they hosted 164 events, and plan to bring in $240,000 this year from renting the space, the PBP reports.
One homeless person, Illaya Champion, told the Palm Beach Post the music wouldn't stop him from sleeping on the pavilion. "It don't bother me. I still lay down in there — but it's on and on, the same songs," he said.
As for the city's attempt to shoo away the homeless population from the public rest area?
"It's wrong," he said.
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Eminem songs are torture everywhere, not only in Guantanamo
in the park in the dark trying to keep asleep cuz it's not cheap the rent dents my checking account why I try to surmount getting kicked out by that petty lout after I sold the ford taurus we got the divorce and abortion in
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I love how the link can be interpreted in a few different ways.west-palm-beach-baby-shark-song-homeless-people-sleeping-park/
But I guarantee my girlfriend is never going anywhere near this place, she can't stand the song.
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