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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPepper spray is becoming a Black Friday tradition
at some point we might change it to Orange Friday.
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/11/man_pepper_sprayed_arrested_after_thanksgiving_night_shopping_dispute_at_garfield_wal-mart.html
GARFIELD A 23-year-old Passaic man was doused with pepper spray and arrested after he got into an argument with a Wal-Mart manager while shoppers began to flood area stores on Thanksgiving night, police said.
Richard Ramos allegedly became "belligerent" while arguing with a Wal-Mart shopper over a television around 6:30 p.m., and proceeded to attack a Garfield Police officer when the manager called for help, according to Lt. Martin Gray.
Officers used pepper spray to subdue Ramos before arresting him, Gray said. The 23-year-old was charged with aggravated assault of a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to Gray, who said Ramos remains at the Bergen County Correctional Facility in Hackensack in lieu of $20,000.
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rsmith6621
(6,942 posts)..I wonder if he is asking himself that this morning in JAIL.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Mika
(17,751 posts)Garfield Police and firefighters were already in the area to provide round the clock security for Wal-Mart and other stores in the area, as thousands of shoppers are expected to flock to local businesses for "Black Friday" deals tonight and through the weekend