Police: Arrest in NJ Walmart racial comment case

[Jazzy]

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Police say they have made an arrest in the case of a racial comment being made over the public-address system at a Walmart store in southern New Jersey.



The Washington Township Police Department said on its Web site early Saturday that an arrest has been made in a bias incident at the retail store. The posting says the police and Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office will announce the arrest at a midday news conference.



*I will update this post as soon as the announcement is made today on the midday news*

 

[Jazzy]

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -A 16-year-old boy patronizing a Walmart store in southern New Jersey took over the public-address system and ordered black people to leave, angering customers and prompting company leaders to apologize, police said Saturday.







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[ThaBawse]

I knew it. It's crazy how badly the media got carried away with this and turned it into a huge deal, putting poor innocent Wal-Mart on the bad side. Shame on them.

 

[Evil Eye]

It also disappoints me to see that people of any race are giving a word so much power.

Indeed, why do people even have to separate people like that? We're all the same species!