Authorities are looking for inmates who escaped a south Louisiana jail over the weekend. Authorities say four inmates had escaped and two were still missing Tuesday.

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.

  • Flying Squid
    5•4 months ago

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

    • @stanleytweedleEnglish
      -2•4 months ago

      What other common stereotypes would you feel comfortable invoking?

      • Flying Squid
        7•4 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…

        • @stanleytweedleEnglish
          -7•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
            6•4 months ago

            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
                3•4 months ago

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

                • @stanleytweedleEnglish
                  -2•4 months ago

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

                  • Flying Squid
                    2•4 months ago

                    I really don’t think I’m wrong, but if you don’t want to believe that black people don’t think the South has a reputation for racism, you go ahead and believe that.