Four inmates escaped a south Louisiana jail over the weekend and two were still missing Tuesday, authorities said.

Authorities were unaware that four inmates had escaped until a phone call tipped them off, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said Monday.

The inmates escaped in pairs — the first on Saturday afternoon and the second on Sunday, said Deputy Chief Jimmy Travis at a news conference, WVUE-TV reported. Travis said all four broke through a corroded piece of chain-link fence, crawled under an 8-inch (20-centimeter) gap in a wall, and scaled two razor-wire fences.

Jail authorities learned of two of the escapes Sunday afternoon when a tipster reported seeing two of the inmates at a relative’s house looking for a place to stay.

  • @stanleytweedle
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    4 months ago

    That’s certainly one way to look at this…

    • Flying Squid
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      54 months ago

      Dumb Southern cops and prison guards is a pretty common stereotype.

      • @stanleytweedle
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        4 months ago

        What other common stereotypes would you feel comfortable invoking?

        • Flying Squid
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          74 months ago

          We could start with the racism. Let’s start with the fact that there’s a beloved monument to Confederate generals on the side of a cliff within view of many black Atlanta residents…

          • @stanleytweedle
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            4 months ago

            Do you find any irony in using people that use racist stereotypes to justify their own racism to justify your own regional stereotypes?

            • Flying Squid
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              Sorry… you’re claiming that when I say that Southerners sometimes live up to their stereotypes is the same thing as racism?

              I mean I gave an example. Or are you going to claim that Stone Mountain, pride of Georgia, is not a big racist symbol that everyone has to look at all the time?

                • Flying Squid
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                  34 months ago

                  Okay, you go ahead and believe they’re equivalent. I doubt a most people of color would agree with you, but…

                  • @stanleytweedle
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                    You certainly do make a lot of judgements about people based on their demographics.