Apparently a man gained access to the public-address system at the Route 42 store in Washington Township Sunday night and calmly announced: “ATTENTION WALMART CUSTOMERS: ALL BLACK PEOPLE LEAVE THE STORE NOW!”
Shelia Ellington was inside the store when it happened and said customers and store employees looked stunned when they heard it. “In 2010, I want to know why such statements are being made because it flies in the face of what we teach our kids at home, and that’s tolerance for people,” said Ellington.
Ellington and other customers immediately alerted store management and police and asked the store to use the same announcement system to apologize to customers that night, which it did. WalMart management called the incident “unacceptable,” and said it’s working to make sure nothing like this happens at any other stores. Washington Township police and the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating the incident as a possible bias crime.
VERY DISTURBING.