Racist Incident Involving NJ Towing Company Employee Caught on Camera
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Source: NBC NY
Video showing a towing company employee using a racial slur during a confrontation with a customer has attracted lots of attention online and cost that company its contract with a New Jersey town.
The video shows the dispute outside Ajaco Towing in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, as police are seen holding a man at the top of a set of stairs back, trying to get him inside. The man is irate, screaming at the man who is recording the video. As police finally push him inside the building, the man can be heard shouting the "N" word.
The person recording the altercation posted it on his Instagram account. His car had been towed after getting into an accident, and he was there to get it back, when the argument broke out and things escalated.
Jason Cleffi, the own of Ajaco Towing, saying the man recording the video have been there for an hour, arguing with employees after he was unable to pay the towing bill. The man then left and came back with police, and at some point words were exchanged, which is when Cleffi says the man filming threatened the employee.
Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/racist-incident-involving-nj-towing-company-employee-caught-on-camera/3232048/
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Elessar Zappa
(13,909 posts)Im not sure if theres more of these outbursts now of if theyve always occurred and only now are being caught on film and publicized.
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)I do think people's behavior overall has gotten worse, but I also think the combination of smart phones and social media have increased our awareness.
JudyM
(29,192 posts)After review by the forum hosts. Feel free to repost in the General Discussion forum instead.
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