Black Friday Wal-Mart death

[ManaByte]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.

The 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.

Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.

"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," said Jimmy Overby, 43, a co-worker. "They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too...I literally had to fight people off my back."

The unidentified victim was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:03 a.m., police said.

The cause of death was pending.

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was knocked to the floor during the mad rush. She was hospitalized for observation, police said.

Three other shoppers suffered minor injuries, cops said.

Before police shut down the store, eager shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save the store clerk's life.

"They were working on him, but you could see he was dead, said Halcyon Alexander, 29. "People were still coming through."

Only a few stopped.

"They're savages," said shopper Kimberly Cribbs, 27. "It's sad. It's terrible."

[demi]

Someone dies every year, though. It's like a 2008 version of "The Lottery"

[Van Cruncheon]

jesus christ humanity

[Human Snorenado]

The altar of capitalism must be given blood offerings.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

You would think some people would realize that what they were stepping on wasn't tile or any kind of typical flooring.

I think that cattle prods need to be handed out to every black friday retail employee.

[archie4208]

God bless our consumer whorish society.

[Eel O'Brian]

now we know people are willing to kill over fisher-price toys

that guy probably had to get up at 2 in the morning and trundle into work knowing he had a day filled with assholery on every level, and then this

i'd say they ought to release the security footage (if there is any) to shame the people who did that, but anyone who would bum rush and stomp a dude like that over discounted electronics has no shame to begin with

[ManaByte]

now we know people are willing to kill over fisher-price toys

that guy probably had to get up at 2 in the morning and trundle into work knowing he had a day filled with assholery on every level, and then this

i'd say they ought to release the security footage (if there is any) to shame the people who did that, but anyone who would bum rush and stomp a dude like that over discounted electronics has no shame to begin with

Better yet, frame by frame the footage to find every person who stepped on the guy and charge each one with manslaughter.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

well, if i was in my 30s and worked early shifts at wal-mart, i'd honestly want to die.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

pit sounds too expensive.

you need to just have only one quantity of these ad buster items each.  then let the customers fight and kill themselves over it.  even better if they drop it and break it.  then watch the fireworks.  then have a camera stream it all for internet viewers.

[Eel O'Brian]

the simple solution to this is hiring armed security guards and dressing them as nazi death camp officers

that would make for a slow, somber shuffle to the home furnishings department, wouldn't it

[Debaser]

You would think some people would realize that what they were stepping on wasn't tile or any kind of typical flooring.

I think that cattle prods need to be handed out to every black friday retail employee.

That, or riot shields.

[Great Rumbler]

I like saving a little money as much as anyone else, but the lengths that some people go to is just insane. I'm never going out early on the day after Thanksgiving to get Black Friday deals, it's really not worth it.

[Rman]

What in the world.  Jeez.

[Ganhyun]

-1 Humanity. -1.

[y2kev]

tear gas

[Tabasco]

I really want to just execute every shopper who trampled on this man. Is that wrong?

When you get inside a crowd of people you have no choice which direction you go.  You just try not to fall.

I honestly have never once considered being at a store on Black Friday.  I'm even wary of going for my $.99 Jack in the Box tacos today.

[Brehvolution]

I doubt there was 200 people. It was probably just 40 morbidly obese people which is par for a Wal-mart clientele.

[Brehvolution]

There was a fight in the parking lot of the walmart in this town. The cops were called and had to break this up.

[cool breeze]

Between this and the Macy's Day Parade I'm wondering why Russia hasn't nuked us yet for the betterment of human advancement

[ManaByte]

Over heard at my local ghetto trash Wal-Mart this morning (got a couple $2 DVDs).

Some distinguished mentally-challenged fellow who didn't own a HDTV was looking at a $198 Samsung Blu-Ray player and Wal-Mart had a peon there to ensure the people buying it actually had a HDTV (smart move, actually). The exchange went like this:

Peon: Do you already have a HDTV?
Idiot: Nah, man you don't need one of those.
Peon: Well this is really only for HDTVs.
Idiot: That commercial on da TV said it makes movies look betta than before.
Peon: Yea, but you need a HDTV to take advantage of it.
Idiot: That's that false advertising thing 'cause it don't say nothing about that on da TV. Someone aught to get a lawsuit up in here.

If the Wal-Mart employee then pulled out a gun and shot the guy in the head I think people around there would've cheered.

[duckman2000]

I doubt there was 200 people. It was probably just 40 morbidly obese people which is par for a Wal-mart clientele.

[Brehvolution]

Yeah, I expect a ton of Blu-ray players returned on Dec. 26 in the red states.

[Brehvolution]

Did you take that pick Ducky?
I'm not saying there weren't lines. my wife was at TRU at 3am.

[OptimoPeach]

Made me think of this

2:10

[bachikarn]

Is anyone being charged? Or is murder okay if there are 200 people doing it?

[Human Snorenado]

Is anyone being charged? Or is murder okay if there are 200 people doing it?

Hold on there, chief.  Wal-mart shoppers aren't "people".

[ManaByte]

This is the stampede that did it:

[Oblivion]

I doubt there was 200 people. It was probably just 40 morbidly obese people which is par for a Wal-mart clientele.

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Now I know why they call it 'black friday'

[Don Flamenco]

You'd think these places would implement some regulated procedure so this kind of thing wouldn't happen.  They're paranoid as shit about getting sued for everything else, yet they let 300 idiots storm their store at once with no control whatsoever. 

[drew]

smfh

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Wow. Pathetic.

[Fresh Prince]

Well the economy is on the upswing.

[Rman]

Blame the dumbass managers who let these distinguished mentally-challenged fellows storm the store.  They really got to crackdown on that nonsense.  It was only a matter of time before something like this happened.  Sadly, someone had to die before any change can take place.

[FatalT]

Found another story:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=6529687

Two people were shot to death in a crowded toy store Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups, city officials said.

Scratch 2 bogeys.

[ch1nchilla]

This is fucking unbelievable.
 

[tiesto]

Long Island

[y2kev]

I doubt there was 200 people. It was probably just 40 morbidly obese people which is par for a Wal-mart clientele.

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Now I know why they call it 'black friday'

smh @ black dirty poors

let them eat cake for a new generation

[Propagandhim]

Fucking disgusting

[Great Rumbler]

You'd think these places would implement some regulated procedure so this kind of thing wouldn't happen.  They're paranoid as shit about getting sued for everything else, yet they let 300 idiots storm their store at once with no control whatsoever. 

The CNN article says that there were as many as 2,000 in the crowd. Which makes the whole thing even more frightening, in my opinion.

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

A Wal-Mart worker died early Friday after an "out-of-control" mob of frenzied shoppers smashed through the Long Island store's front doors and trampled him, police said.

The Black Friday stampede plunged the Valley Stream outlet into chaos, knocking several employees to the ground and sending others scurrying atop vending machines to avoid the horde.

[xnikki118x]

now we know people are willing to kill over fisher-price toys

My grandfather punched someone over a Cabbage Patch doll for me when I was little.



I heard about the Black Friday fatality but I didn't realize it was a store employee. That sucks so bad. Poor guy was just working, he wasn't even part of the asshole madness. :'(

[MrAngryFace]

its hard to imagine people like that existing- I mean I LOVE buying stuff, but I dont go bonkers

[WrikaWrek]

Romero was right. Some people are straight up zombies.

[Great Rumbler]

Man, reading that article is just disturbing and sickening. Even the emergency workers and cops that arrived on the scene got stepped on!!

"How could you take a man's life to save $20 on a TV?"

That sums it up pretty well.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

There are a few times when police brutality is needed.  Yesterday was one of those times.

[The Fake Shemp]

I had to call the police yesterday after some craziness from the GameCrazy side got out of control.

[Don Flamenco]

I heard about the Black Friday fatality but I didn't realize it was a store employee. That sucks so bad. Poor guy was just working, he wasn't even part of the asshole madness. :'(

dying while working at wal-mart by getting trampled by wal-mart customers...that definitely ranks on the bottom of my "ways I'd like to go" list.

[demi]

Black Friday is the best holiday ever.

did u know they call it black friday because all you hear about is the nigguhs

[trippingmartian]

Wal-Mart giveth, Wal-Mart Taketh Away

[Brehvolution]

From the camera feed:

"Oh shit did I step on someone?"
*looks around, nobody notices*
"That plasma is miiiiiine bitches!"

"I'd hate to have to mop that up for $8 an hour."

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27955316/

[BobFromPikeCreek]

"At least four other people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for observation or minor injuries."


smfh

[TakingBackSunday]

IIRC, she miscarried.

[MrAngryFace]

that was a rumor from what ive seen, most reports say the baby is fine

[chronovore]

IIRC, she miscarried.

Seriously, an 8-month pregnant woman going to a Black Friday event? WTF was she thinking? That's crazy.

[Propagandhim]

IIRC, she miscarried.

Seriously, an 8-month pregnant woman going to a Black Friday event? WTF was she thinking? That's crazy.

The deals....Stan...they're too powerful, Stan.

[Eel O'Brian]

I told my friend, the one who's now a proselytizing super-lib atheist, that they should have armed guards at these events in larger cities, and he was aghast.  "What kind of world do you want to live in?" he asked.  "A world where people don't stomp someone to death over a $50 TV," I replied.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

As a pro-violence liberal, I think that armed guards or at least the Police should be present in any major retailer during Black Friday.  Sounds ridiculous but if the police are there, people sometimes think twice before doing something so stupid.

From my days in retail, some people are just animals and as a result, need to be treated as such.  While I never saw anyone get trampled, the lengths and shamelessness people exhibit to get some cheap shit is disgusting.  Maybe if they were starving and there were bags of grain, yeah, I could see that.  For a TV?  Get the fuck out of here.

[Rman]

Honestly, though these retailer have to develop more organized systems for letting these crowds into Black Friday sales.  It's your damn store, Walmart.  Thank God I will never participate in Black Friday.  This weekend's news only solidified my decision.