LOWCOUNTRY -- WITH 169
CASES -- INCLUDING FOUR
DEATHS.

    A DISTURBING SCENE AT AN
AREA WALMART - A FIGHT
CAUGHT ON TAPE.
    AND THE CITY'S MAYOR HELP
BREAKS IT UP.
    AS WJCL'S FRANK
SULKOWSKI REPORTS - THIS
TERRIFYING SCENE HAS THE
SAME LOCAL LEADER
REMINDING PEOPLE TO STAY
HOME.
 
 
 
 

THIS IS VIEWER VIDEO  OF THE
SCENE AT THE WALMART AT
MONTGOMERY CROSS ROAD ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.
A FIGHT BREAKS OUT IN THE
AISLES.
ALSO ON THE SCENE - THE MAYOR
OF SAVANNAH, VAN JOHNSON.
DURING A FACEBOK LIVE ON
FRIDAY HE CRITICIZED THE
GOVERNOR;S
RECENT ORDERS AND MADE
MENTION OF THE SCENE...
JOHNSON: "YEAH... YEAH.. I
WAS THERE...
JOHNSON HAS REPEATEDLY
EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION
ABOUT CITIZENS REFUSING TO
SOCIAL DISTANCE OR FOLLOW
THE RULES HE & OTHER LEADERS
HAVE LAID OUT.
THE MAYOR THINKS THE LACK OF
DISTANCING IS ESPECIALLY
TRUE WHEN PEOPLE GO
SHOPPING.
THE NEED TO ENFORCE SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS THE REASON
WALMART AND SIMILAR
RETAILERS HAVE IMPOSED NEW
GUIDELINES TO ENTER AND
EXIT THE STORE.

THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN BEFORE
THOSE RULES WENT INTO
EFFECT. WALMART HAD NO
COMMENT ON THE MATTER.
BUT THE MAYOR USED THIS SAD
SCENE AS A WAY TO REINFORCE A
MESSAGE HE'S BEEN SAYING
FOR A WHILE... HE SAID:
"I WAS IN WALMART ON
MONTGOMERY CROSSROADS
WHEN MULTIPLE FIGHTS BROKE
OUT. I ASSISTED WHERE I
COULD IN DIFFUSING THE
INCIDENT AND

I THANK THE WONDERFUL TEAM
AT WALMART WHO MANAGED THIS
SITUATION WITHOUT INJURY.
IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES,
THE ONLY THING WE SHOULD BE
FIGHTING IS COVID19 AND THE
ONLY MESSAGE THAT SH
