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Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
nydailynews.com ^
| Friday, November 28th 2008, 9:30 AM
| JOE GOULD
Posted on 11/28/2008 7:02:13 AM PST by GQuagmire
A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island Wal-Mart Friday morning, witnesses said.
The unidentified worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: barbarians; blackfriday; greed; itsjustasalefolks; moralabsolutes; retail; sin; urbansavages
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I didn't see this posted yet. If it was my apologies.
Sigh...........
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:02:13 AM PST
by
GQuagmire
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To: GQuagmire
Ah yes, bargains at any price.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:08:06 AM PST
by
rockabyebaby
(Say what you feel, those who matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter.)
To: Krankor
There’s nothing funny about this.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:08:13 AM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: GQuagmire
It’s best to stay home on Black Friday.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:08:31 AM PST
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: GQuagmire
I’m betting the crowd was egged on by a media presence. Isn’t inciting a riot against the law, even if it does make for exciting footage on the evening news?
To: GQuagmire
Nassau County Police are still investigating and would not confirm the witness accounts.
Look at the security video. Walmart has cameras watching....lots of cameras....watching.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:08:44 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: GQuagmire
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:09:07 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
To: GQuagmire
Dear Lord, Save us from ourselves...
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:10:16 AM PST
by
OriginalChristian
(If you can't get Life right, nothing else you think or say matters....)
To: GQuagmire
Try as I might I just can’t wrap my mind around this kind of behavior. What the F*@# is wrong with people??!!!
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:10:28 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
(I'm shoveling snow instead of raking leaves. Global warming my A$$!)
To: GQuagmire
This is very sad news. BTW - link won’t open.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:10:35 AM PST
by
yorkie
(The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)
To: GQuagmire
Lock them all inside and ID them. Arrest those on video that touched them.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:10:44 AM PST
by
CindyDawg
(Lord, please bless America)
To: GQuagmire
As an overnight cashier at Wal-Mart, I can only say that people in small town Kansas are not that abd. What did Wal-Mart have that was worth rushing the doors for? Well, our store is open all night so we didn’t have a sudden rush at the doors.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:10:46 AM PST
by
eccentric
(a.k.a. baldwidow)
To: Gabz
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:11:00 AM PST
by
metesky
(My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
To: CaptainK
I could not agree more. Last night’s news showed people already camping out at 11 p.m. for stores that would be opening at 4 a.m. NO thank you. There is nothing I want that bad.
These people are animals. I cannot even imagine it. It truly is a Black Friday. Can you imagine when the man fell that people next to him saw it and still walked right over him.
I have not really been too keen on crowds ever since the Who concert in Cincinnati back in the early 80’s where those people were killed in the stampede.
One must always consider that kinds of people that even come out for these things... a lot of them are the people who are very low socioeconomic status (thus, need the deals)and many are the greedy selfish types that will do anything to save a buck. Of course, some people just like the whole zeitgeist of the thing, but me? Well, I’d rather be having a leisurely breakfast with hubby....
To: GQuagmire
Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in
Black Friday stampede
Any preacher, rabbi, or imam that thinks they are short of sermon
material on the topics of avarice, deceit and a slew of topics
of religious/moral import...
just ain't reading/watching the news.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:12:33 AM PST
by
VOA
To: GQuagmire
Anyone watch "World's Dumbest Shoppers" on TV last night? Pretty much nothing but Black Friday mayhem.
Depressingly, my mom called to tell me she's going to be in line at Walmart at 4:00 am. I asked why? Because they have those little food processors on sale for $4! Mom, you already have one of those little food processors! Maybe I should call her to make sure she's alright.
I'm going to stick with my plans for today which are to stay home, watch TV and eat turkey and pumpkin pie until I'm comatose.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:12:41 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: 4yearlurker
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:13:17 AM PST
by
MrsLilac
(Don't let your mind wander. It's too small to be let out on it's own.)
To: GQuagmire
Soccer fans out for a day’s shopping?
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:13:48 AM PST
by
umgud
(I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
To: yorkie
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:13:49 AM PST
by
bluegirl
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