Flashback from 2008: Wal-Mart worker trampled to death by frenzied Black Friday shoppers

[bluestateguy]

If you are doing the Black Friday thing, please be careful.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008448574_shop290.html

By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM

The New York Times

In a sign of consumer desperation amid a bleak economy, the annual rite of retailing known as Black Friday turned chaotic and deadly, as shoppers scrambled for holiday bargains.

A Wal-Mart worker on Long Island, N.Y., died after being trampled by customers who broke through the doors early Friday, and other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man. At least four other people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals.

Fights and injuries occurred elsewhere at other stores operated by Wal-Mart, the nation's leading discount chain, which is one of the few retailers thriving in the current economy.

Meanwhile, two men at a crowded Toys "R" Us in Palm Desert, Calif., pulled guns and shot each other to death after women with them brawled, witnesses said. The company released a statement late Friday saying the deaths were related to a personal dispute and not Black Friday shopping.

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[ZombieHorde]

1. I hope those shoppers feel some shame. nt

[liberal N proud]

2. Doubt it

They were pissed-off about missing the deal when the store was closed early.