West Palm Beach, Florida, is testing out a new tactic to keep the homeless out of a local park: Playing 'Baby Shark' and other kids' songs on repeat.
since it first exploded on YouTube a few years ago. And now, it's apparently being used as a weapon of defense in West Palm Beach, Florida, whereWaterfront Lake Pavilion has seen an uptick in overnight guests, who congregate around one of the main buildings at night, according to CNN.
In a statement sent to the outlet, city spokeswoman Kathleen Walter said the overall goal is to"encourage people to seek safer, more appropriate shelter," and notes that the city is just testing it out. Those against the measure think that if you really want to solve a homelessness problem, maybe you should adopt measures to actually helping the people seeking out makeshift beds in a park in the middle of the night, instead of driving them out with incessant music, which will only shift their location.
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