Holiday Crazy

November 29th, 2008 | Posted by Smithers at 1:42 pm in News |

Yesterday at a New York Wal-Mart:

Police said about 2,000 people were gathered outside the Wal-Mart doors before its 5 a.m. opening at a mall about 20 miles east of Manhattan. The impatient crowd knocked the employee, identified by police as Jdimytai Damour, 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,” Fleming said. He described the scene as “utter chaos,” and said the store didn’t have enough security.

Dozens of store employees trying to fight their way out to help Damour were also getting trampled by the crowd, Fleming said. Shoppers stepped over the man on the ground and streamed into the store.

So much for that bad economy.

  1. 3 Responses to “Holiday Crazy”

  2. By Brendan at 2:39 pm on Nov 29, 2008 | Comment | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    Maybe the state of the economy has everyone running to Wal-Mart instead of the department stores? Whatever the reason, that story is truly despicable and shows human beings at their worst. Did they really need their $2 Rush Hour: 2 so badly that they trampled the employee to death? Just unbelievable.

  3. By morgan at 3:34 pm on Nov 29, 2008 | Comment | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    Check out this story. And this one. economy is real bad.

  4. By meow at 5:00 pm on Nov 29, 2008 | Comment | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    Barbarians! They need to get out of caveman mentality!

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