Nov 29
Black Friday Turns Fatal
I guess a sluggish economy wasn’t enough to keep a little too much enthusiasm out the minds of some shoppers in New York.
Shoppers outisde the Wal*Mart store in the Green Acres Mall became nothing short of an unruly mob, and five minutes before the store was schedule to open, in a money-saving frenzy, they became out of control, busting open the sliding glass doors, and trampling a store employee to death during their rush to get whatever special deal they had their hearts set on.
These aren’t people gripped in an economic crisis. People who are struggling with bills stayed home. These are people who have more money than brains, and their greed led to a loss of life. And over what? What item in a Wal*Mart store could possibly be that important?
Criminal charges, local police say, are possible. If it were up to me, they’d be more than possible. And we’d be talking murder.
Another less-serious incident occurred at a different Wal*Mart the same morning:
About the time that Mr. Damour was killed, a shopper at a Wal-Mart in Farmingdale, 15 miles east of Valley Stream, said she was trampled by a crowd of overeager customers, the Suffolk County police reported. The woman sustained a cut on her leg, but finished her shopping before filing the police report, an officer said.
If you’re more concerned about getting the bargain than reporting a crime, you ought not be allowed to waste an officer’s time.
This kind of thing isn’t what the season is supposed to be about. But then, most of us do know that, don’t we?
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November 29th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
When I first saw this on the news I could hardly believe it. Well, I could BELIEVE it but it just boggled my mind. A lot in this ol’ world boggles my mind any more.
November 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
People act like starving animals when it comes to those sales. I went once, that was enough for me. Besides that, they usually order more than they sell of most things, and you can get it the next day or week for the same price.
I think if you are involved in the death of someone whether you used a gun or trampled them, you should be held accountable.
November 29th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I’m with what Vicki said 100%. Not that I would do it, but I got a HUGE laugh out of the glued-shut doors. Let’s start with Wal-Mart.
November 29th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
At least if someone had glued those doors closed, the death might not have occurred.
Then again, that mob appears to have been quite unruly…it might have been worse.