India, May 19 -- In downtown Los Angeles, a business owner resorted to an unconventional method to prevent homeless people from camping near his property: playing the children's song "Baby Shark" continuously through a loudspeaker aimed at the encampment.

Tracy, who lives in a nearby encampment at the corner of West 11th and Main streets, described the experience to NBC4 Los Angeles, saying, "They played 'Baby Shark' all night long. They're doing everything they can to make us move or drive us crazy. But it's doing the latter. It's driving people crazy."

She added that the persistent noise had kept her and others awake throughout the night. "This is ridiculous. We can't get any sleep. We can't get housing. We can't eat. And now they're ...