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NAACP branch and speakers allege discrimination after road department termination; speakers raise vehicle-safety incidents
Summary
During public comment at the Salem County commissioners meeting, the county NAACP president alleged racial discrimination and challenged the termination of a road department supervisor, and other commenters described a pattern of county vehicle incidents and disparate treatment. Commissioners did not respond substantively during public comment.
Nelson Carney Jr., president of the Salem County NAACP, used the public comment period to raise concerns about the termination of a county road department supervisor and broader hiring and workplace equity practices in Salem County, saying his branch viewed the termination as discriminatory.
“People of color, the hiring practice, especially with the county… People of color, the hiring practice, especially with the county. Mister Grady Busch was the only person of color that was a supervisor, and we feel…
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