A New Jersey towing company has lost two valuable contracts after video showed an employee using the N-word during a contact with a customer. (Photo: mr_str8money/ Instagram)
A New Jersey towing company has lost two valuable contracts after video showed a company rep using the N-word during a contact with a customer.
Ajaco Towing has been dropped by the New Jersey State Police and the town of Parsippany after video of the outburst spread online. The video showed a white man yelling at a Black man recording the video following a dispute about a towing bill.
“Earlier this morning the township was made aware of an incident occurring at Ajaco Towing Recovery, a business contracted with the Parsippany Police Department,” the town administration and police said in a joint statement on Aug. 18. “After reviewing the video, [we have] decided to no longer use Ajaco Towing, effective immediately.”
The towing company is no longer on the city’s roster of contracted businesses and has been removed from a list referenced to when carrying out municipal operations.
The New Jersey State police followed suit earlier this week. The state police said in a statement on Monday, Aug. 23, that the department would no longer be working with Ajaco.
“The New Jersey State Police is aware of the incident and has suspended operations with Ajaco Towing,” NJSP spokesperson Lt. Jeffrey Flynn said Monday. “The matter remains under internal review.”
The video was shared to Instagram by user @mr_str8money on Aug. 17, shows the white man standing outside of a set of doors using profanity and demanding the man recording from a distance be removed from the property as police try to get the upset man to go back inside the building.
