Porn Over Target Loudspeakers (Again) Sends Shoppers Scrambling to Cover Little Ears

Shoppers picking up healthy vegetables or Halloween costumes for their kids got more than they bargained for at discount retailer Target.

Gina Young posted a video on social media that she says was recorded at the Target store at Westgate Shopping Center in San Jose Wednesday morning. Audio that one would expect to hear during a pornographic movie blared throughout the store for more than 15 minutes, according to Young.

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She wrote on her Facebook page, “People were up in arms. Some people threw their things down and walked out. Others were yelling at employees.”

Her young son is heard saying on the video, “I don’t understand.”

“Porn blasting over the intercom throughout the store,” Young wrote on Facebook. “People offered to help me cover my twins’ ears. ... Employees were running around everywhere.”

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Patch reached out to Target for comment. Molly Sims, spokeswoman for the Minneapolis-based retailer, responded, ”We are actively reviewing the situation with the team to better understand what happened and to help ensure this doesn’t happen again. Because this is an active investigation, I’m unable to share additional details, but we want our guests to know that we take this very seriously.”

This is the second time this has happened in California this year. The previous incident occurred in San Luis Obispo, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where Target is headquartered.

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