[sockmonkey]

It was probably somebody tired of waiting at the Site to Store Pickup. I know I’ve used the phone back there to call customer service to tell them I’m tired of waiting for someone to bring my order out. Anyway, the phone has all the buttons marked for the different departments and the PA thing.

[ladyvet]

....several people have come forward and expressed interest in getting counseling.

Setting the foundation for the flurry of Law suites.

[Red_Devil 232]

What a waste of time and money!

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

as a possible bias crime

So some Wal-Mart shopper grabbed a phone and pulled a prank - whatever happened to the First Amendment? How can this person be prosecuted for the words he spoke?

If he was not authorized to use the phone, maybe Wal-Mart can get him for some sort of trespassing claim.

I guess we should be thankful that there is so little crime in New Jersey that this isn't a waste of prosecutorial resources.

[HighWheeler]

“....being investigated as a possible bias crime, a prosecutor’s office said Thursday.”

— — —

When did being a complete dumbass become a crime?

[Gay State Conservative]

I say...disgruntled employee (current or former) or an imaginative individual who hopes to cash in against one of the richest corporations in the world.

[ProudFossil]

Everybody is acting as if the person was in the store. Several years ago (about 30), my son and his buddies rigged up a CB radio to be on the same frequency as their high school pa system. They then set in their car one afternoon and dismissed the school due to an “emergency”. They never did get found out. I only found out about it five years later over some beers.

[Major Matt Mason]

Wouldn't surprise me if the perp was "of color". A lot of this sort of thing has been happening in recent years.

[Jack Hydrazine]

This story is so freakin’ funny I think I’m gonna say something that could get me banned but it would start out something like, “Attention K-Mart shoppers...”. ROFLMAO!

If they escalate this thing any higher BamBam will be having press conferences about it and sicking the FBI on the situation.

[Batman11]

“Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now.”

If this prankster had said: Attention, Walmart customers; All white people, leave the store now.” Would this have been made into this big issue? I think not! Gee, why is that?

[Williams]

A non story if ever there was one, all part of the desperate effort to portray America as a racist country, correction as a White racist country, when that most emphatically is not now the case.

[Williams]

Guess it’s worth mentioning that if any person in the store thought this was a seriuos announcement,or was part of a company or even single store policy,

Then that person is an absolute idiot.

Oh the horrible persecution of minorities in America 2010, some jerk saying something stupid once over a store microphone. /s

[aruanan]

A male voice came over the system Sunday evening and calmly announced: "Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now."

Or did it say, "Attention, Walmar customer: All bla peepoh, leave da sto now"?

[pnh102]

Oh for cripes sake. IT WAS A PRANK. GET OVER IT!

[Zeppo]

Office spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld said in the statement that its victim-witness unit has contacted the store's management, offering counseling services to anyone affected by the announcement. The county's Human Relations Commission was offering similar help. Officials say several people have come forward and expressed interest in getting counseling.

Counseling?

Really?

For what?!

[Greg123456]

I think the person should be prosecuted for corporate sabotage. He's trying to ruin the reputation of Walmart.

[DakotaRed]

This whole thing smells to high heaven. THe prosecutor and counseling service?

I would have loved to have heard the accent, if any, of the male voice making the announcement.

[freekitty]

They should start with the lefties.

[carmelanne]

It’s obvious to me that he just wanted them to move their Cadillacs from the handicap parking. The usual double parking in the fire lane was ok!

[Kickass Conservative]

If THIS is a big deal, imagine if the guy used the “N” word when making the announcement.

What's next, some kids TPing the wrong house for goodness sakes?

We are a Nation of whimpering Children.