Leader tells North Charleston store employees to go back to their country

NAN S.C. leader tells North Charleston store employees to ‘go back to their country’ after video of violence with alleged shoplifter



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James Johnson of the National Action Network stood flanked by relatives of a shoplifting suspect Monday, then pointed behind him toward a convenience store and told reporters the business’s employees need to “go back to their country.”

The civil rights leader’s comments came during a news conference he organized to address a cellphone video from Andrew’s Discount Market. The recording shows its employees hitting the suspect with a sword and pushing him around the store.

Johnson, who is black, referred to employees of the North Charleston store as “Arab” and “foreigner” and questioned if they are in the country legally.