A San Francisco grocery store has been blasted for playing loud classical music - all hours of the day and night - as a way to deter homeless people from the area.
Some were shocked when the LA Metro police piloted a program of broadcasting loud classical music to disperse unhoused people. But it’s only the latest attempt in a sad, Kafkaesque history of weaponizing the art form.
The transportation authority's goal with the classical music is to “to restore safety" at the MacArthur Park station. The music is divisive, with online commentators calling it an inhumane torture tactic.