I am incredibly ****ing disgusted with this story, the people in it, and the fact that nothing will be done about it. We’re a nation of greedy, self-centered ****s.
NEW YORK - A Wal-Mart worker was killed Friday after an “out of control” throng of shoppers eager for post-Thanksgiving bargains broke down the doors at a suburban store and knocked him to the ground, police said.
At least four other people, including a woman eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for observation or minor injuries, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island closed for several hours before reopening.
Nassau police said about 2,000 people were gathered outside the store doors at the mall about 20 miles east of Manhattan. The impatient crowd knocked the man to the ground as he opened the doors, leaving a metal portion of the frame crumpled like an accordion.
“This crowd was out of control,” said Nassau police spokesman Lt. Michael Fleming. He described the scene as “utter chaos.”
Shoppers stepped over man
Dozens of store employees trying to fight their way out to help the man were also getting trampled by the crowd, Fleming said. Witnesses said that even as the worker lay on the ground, shoppers streamed into the store, stepping over him.
Kimberly Cribbs, who witnessed the stampede, said shoppers were acting like “savages.”
“When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling ‘I’ve been on line since yesterday morning,’” she said. “They kept shopping.”
The 34-year-old man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m., police said. The exact cause of death has not been determined. He was later identfied as Jdimytai Damour of Jamaica, Queens.
i saw your facebook status and thought to myself, is this dude not smart enough to get the f out of the way? then I was like imagine home many people had to trample that dude to kill him and it kind of made me sick
I am incredibly ****ing disgusted with this story, the people in it, and the fact that nothing will be done about it. We’re a nation of greedy, self-centered ****s.
It certainly is a disgusting story…but it’s not caused by capitalism and it isn’t isolated to Americans. It’s just the ugly side of human nature. People in other countries with different socioeconomic systems can be/are just as ****ty.
if you don’t think that the annual frenzy created by big business every Black Friday is detrimental to our society, you’re a ****ing idiot.
WalMart is capitalism run amok. Whether you think that is a bad thing or not is rooted in your economic beliefs, but the statement itself is true. As a consequence of trying to draw as large a crowd as possible, they’ve created a safety issue. This time, it killed somebody.
PALM DESERT, Calif. – Two people were shot to death in a crowded toy store on Black Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups, city officials said.
Palm Desert Councilman Jim Ferguson said police told him two men with handguns shot and killed each other. Ferguson said he asked police whether the incident was a dispute over a toy or whether it was gang-related. He said police told him they were not going to release further details until the victims’ relatives were notified.
“I think the obvious question everyone has is who takes loaded weapons into a Toys “R” Us?” he said. “I doubt it was the casual holiday shopper.”
City spokeswoman Sheila Gilligan said police told her the shooting broke out between “two groups of individuals that have a dispute with each other.”
The Palm Desert Police Department received calls of shots fired around 11:35 a.m., Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said. He said officers were still investigating what prompted the gunshots.
Toys “R” Us issued a statement expressing outrage over the violence.
“We are working closely with local law enforcement officials to determine the specific details of what occurred,” the statement said. “Our understanding is that this act seems to have been the result of a personal dispute between the individuals involved. Therefore, it would be inaccurate to associate the events of today with Black Friday.”
Immediately after the shooting, about 20 people rushed into the World Gym across the street from Toys “R” Us, the gym’s assistant manager Glenn Splain told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
“They were crying, tearing and shaking,” Splain said, adding that one woman came in cradling a baby.
“Some people got into a fight,” said Splain, who spoke with some of the customers. “One of the guys here thought it was over a toy, but it got louder and louder and then there were gunshots.”
Sarah Pacia of Cathedral City told The Desert Sun newspaper she was in the store with her two boys, ages 4 and 6, looking at coloring books when she heard a commotion in the next aisle. She thought it was people rushing to get a sale item. Then she heard three or four shots.
She said she froze, and store employees calmly escorted her out of the store.
“This is Toys “R” Us. There are kids shopping in there,” Pacia said. Her son Jayden, 4, was clinging to her leg. He told her he didn’t want to die, she said.
Palm Desert is a resort town about 120 miles east of Los Angeles.
You think this is Capitalism or our Country’s fault? You are greatly mistaken. This is human nature at its worst, but it not unique to our Country or Capitalism. Do a quick search to see how many people die in Religious stampedes in India alone every year. I’ve heard that it’s a greater number than those that die in terrorist attacks, but I’ve yet to find the data to back that up. But here is one such-incident that killed 80 people just a few months ago: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/123936/80-killed-over-100-hurt-in-stampede-in-India---police
So you tell me, is it “Hooray Capitalism” or “Hooray human nature to put one’s own perceived needs in front of the safety and well being of fellow man unchecked by basic human decency” that should be the thread title?
Move to Canada already jackass, oh wait, they’re Capitalists too.
its not greed of americans its the stupidity of americans… instead of saying “wow, what a deal, we should all get to the store” they should say “why the **** is this deal so good today, maybe because i’m getting ****ed the other 364”
I think black friday will start to decrease as this stuff become more prevalant. companies dont want this kinda bad press over their head.
an itelligent company would advertise “we dont have sales because our prices are always low” I mean i get the whole concept of wanting to create the traffic and cheap electronics is the way to get them there but there has got to be a better system than black friday.
lastly i question why a woman 8 month pregnant would put herself in that situation… its not like she was minding her business… she CHOOSE to be in that potentialy hostile environment… what was her baby daddy thinking, her friends…didnt anyone with a brain tell this woman that its probably NOT a good idea to be out shopping on black friday of all days in a situation where people we be pushing and shoving. The worker was clearly a innocent victim… the lady that lost her baby is a selfish ass that didnt need to be there and did it anyway and suffered major consquences.
Had Thanksgiving at the in-laws, all the women folk headed out to the mall for some friday shopping. They tried going to a mall about 1/2 hr outside Manhatten went around the parking lot twice, valet parking was full, ungerground parking was full… so they went to a target which was still still incredibly packed. I was going near shopping areas, I stayed home with the other men and gladly watched the children…
Going into NYC in an hour for a show, and I know it’s still going to be a madhouse!
lastly i question why a woman 8 month pregnant would put herself in that situation… its not like she was minding her business… she CHOOSE to be in that potentialy hostile environment… what was her baby daddy thinking, her friends…didnt anyone with a brain tell this woman that its probably NOT a good idea to be out shopping on black friday of all days in a situation where people we be pushing and shoving. The worker was clearly a innocent victim… the lady that lost her baby is a selfish ass that didnt need to be there and did it anyway and suffered major consquences.
Right, it’s HER fault. Stupid women who think they can shop at Wal-Mart without suffering the consequences! How DARE she try to get a sale price and think she’s not going to get hurt trying!
:rolleyes:
I can’t believe we’ve actually got someone here who blames the woman and even calls her a “selfish ass”. Good grief.