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Arrest made in racial insult at NJ Wal-Mart
Washington Township police said Friday night that they made an arrest in the use of the public-address system at a Turnersville Wal-Mart to tell black shoppers that they should leave the store.
Dispatchers declined comment Friday night, but the department's Web site said police and the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office would hold a news conference Saturday "to announce the arrest of a subject for a bias incident that took place on March 14th, 2010 at the Turnersville Wal-Mart."
Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld declined comment last night.
Store officials said Thursday that they were working to reduce the number of publicly accessible phones with public-address capabilities. Authorities said the statement could have been made from one of 25 phones in the Wal-Mart, not all of which were in range of security cameras.
The Wal-Mart announcement occurred about 5 p.m. when a male voice calmly said: "Attention, Wal-Mart customers. All black people, leave the store now."
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