Worker Trampled To Death in Black Friday Stampede

[Warsaw]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

Seriously people, WTF.

Discuss.

[LlamaMaster]

Haha WTF is right. People's stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

[klange]

Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: FUCK YOU.

[rossmum]

I can't believe they're actually allowed to behave like that over there.

[Disaster]

wtf, your just going to save a few dollars. That's no where near the price for somebodies life.

[LinkandKvel]

All this for a few fucking sales. This makes me fucking sick. I definitely lost hope in humanity now. They deserve to die off.

[Heathen]

lolowned

Why is this news?

[SnaFuBAR]

The low class walmart shoppers never cease to amaze me. Last year they were having fist fights/mini riot in the store, and the year before that some guy got stabbed.

[FRain]

In before "Only in America"

[sdavis117]

I would have locked the doors to the walmart store (with everyone still inside), gone over the security cameras near the death, then arrested everyone within 5ft of the incident with a charge of manslaughter.

That isn't the full story either. After being knocked down firefighters attempted to help the man. They were also knocked down by the crowds. The crowd got smaller and police officers then tried to help, only to be trampled by shoppers coming out of the store with their merchandise.

[Evil_Monkey]

Wow, like a herd of animals. Just to save a couple of dollars.

[Skill]

This is why I sleep in on Black Friday.

[leorimolo]

Wow, yeah ill say it only in America should a person be killed due to a bunch of low class idiots trying to save some cash on stupid things they don't need.

[Anton]

lol, it's not only low class. It's high-mid. class too. Silly rich people just shop online. :]

Oh and unless you are a low class "idiot" you wouldn't understand why these things happen.

Low class and now mid class people don't have the luxuries you rich people have, I would like to see half of the people here--who have money-- live in the conditions some of us have to face everyday.


My family is lucky enough to have food, shelter, and decent clothes to put on our backs. My step dad's job is slow dude to the auto-industry crisis. My mom used to be a stay at home mom but now that the economy has turned for the worse she has to work.

I would like to say, FUCK YOU Wall Street.

One last thing, my family's income this year: around 35k a year at tops. and most of that was taxed and put into savings for retirement.

^F.U. Ws.

[Skill]

I went to the local gun store earlier today to pick up some Black Friday deals (got a brand new Hi-Point 9mm carbine for $125, plus cheap ammo), and everyone was polite, even though it was somewhat crowded.

Maybe it's because everyone was armed. Or because there were no mothers there to beat each other up over some stupid kids' toys.

[Anton]

^ Kid's toys are dangerous.:lol:

[flibitijibibo]

I can't believe they're actually allowed to behave like that over there.
Law enforcement in the US is a lot like the lazy, white mom that lets her kid play GTA instead of going to school.

I suppose with the economic decline, it's okay to have some excitement over saving good amounts of monies, but it shouldn't be to the extent that people die over it. I mean, my brother bought a bitchin' laptop at almost half price, and as far as I know he didn't have any need to run people over for it.

[legionaire45]

I went to Fry's electronics at 4:30 this morning and as expected, the line wrapped around the store. However, people stayed in line, no one cut, everyone was relatively peaceful and nobody died. Hell, it was so civil that it only took about 20 minutes to get in.

Too bad that by that point the $380 Samsung 32" 720P HDTVs were gone =<.

"Low class" or "high class" doesn't matter - what happened at that Walmart is total bullshit. The people who ripped the doors open should be charged for murder.

[Timo]

One of the cops should've let a shot off so they could calm the crowd down a bit. Although I guess it might've made them run faster :|

[ultama121]

What the hell?! This is just disgusting...

[Skill]

One of the cops should've let a shot off so they could calm the crowd down a bit.
This would have caused the crowd to panic and most likely would've caused more deaths.

They should have just launched tear gas into the crowd.

[ExAm]

I would have locked the doors to the walmart store (with everyone still inside), gone over the security cameras near the death, then arrested everyone within 5ft of the incident with a charge of manslaughter.

That isn't the full story either. After being knocked down firefighters attempted to help the man. They were also knocked down by the crowds. The crowd got smaller and police officers then tried to help, only to be trampled by shoppers coming out of the store with their merchandise.Unfortunately, that would fit perfectly with the Benny Hill theme.

I'm going to hell.

[Heathen]

Low class and now mid class people don't have the luxuries you rich people have

sounds like a personal problem

[LinkandKvel]

lol, it's not only low class. It's high-mid. class too. Silly rich people just shop online. :]

Oh and unless you are a low class "idiot" you wouldn't understand why these things happen.

Low class and now mid class people don't have the luxuries you rich people have, I would like to see half of the people here--who have money-- live in the conditions some of us have to face everyday.


My family is lucky enough to have food, shelter, and decent clothes to put on our backs. My step dad's job is slow dude to the auto-industry crisis. My mom used to be a stay at home mom but now that the economy has turned for the worse she has to work.

I would like to say, FUCK YOU Wall Street.

One last thing, my family's income this year: around 35k a year at tops. and most of that was taxed and put into savings for retirement.

^F.U. Ws.I live with my my mom and only see my dad like twice a year and barely affording these bills we had and some we had to cut back. That still doesn't make a death over a few dollars anymore fucking acceptable. these people deserve to be charged with manslaughter.

[Anton]

I didn't say it justified the death, didn't even mention it. It doesnt make it anymore right, but this low class/high class bullshit is stupid.

And Heathen, it's not a personal problem. I'm lucky enough to be able to enjoy those luxuries. My family does very well for the most part, it's just when the industries are down that my family suffers like this.

Edit:
However, how many people KNEW he was being killed? Probably no one. If they knew a human being was being killed then they probably would have stopped.

This took place in New York --one of the nations most rudest places and very overcrowded, of course something like this would happen.

[Warsaw]

I can't believe they're actually allowed to behave like that over there.

That's because you don't have a Black Friday, and if you did, it wouldn't be that big of a deal because the prices were almost twice as high to begin with, thus a half price is still a high price.

This "over there" crap is getting stupid and out of hand. This kind of thing can happen anywhere, because riots can happen anywhere, and this classifies as a riot. Not a violent riot, but a riot nonetheless.

:mad:

[rossmum]

In before "Only in America"
That's the thing. I have never, ever seen this happen in any country outside of America. You'd be asking to get arrested if you stampeded into the shops here.

e/ Actually, we have our own fair share of huge sales, the one after Christmas probably topping the list. We just make sure it never reaches the stampede stage, and if it looks like it will then the cops come in to slow it down.

[Warsaw]

People probably will be arrested. Hell, a new law will probably get passed to prevent this. Just because our government is slow, broken, and inefficient doesn't mean the people are all ignorant fools.

Don't get me wrong, I do agree that this is way out of hand and shouldn't be allowed to happen, but I'm pretty certain it's not unique to this country.

[SnaFuBAR]

This would have caused the crowd to panic and most likely would've caused more deaths.

They should have just launched tear gas into the crowd.
Because that totally wouldn't make people panic and frenzy to get away and put more people in danger. :eyesroll:

[Skill]

Because that totally wouldn't make people panic and frenzy to get away and put more people in danger. :eyesroll:
Look up footages of riots where they launched tear gas. Note how people scatter in all directions, contrary to stampeding, which is in one direction. If you launch tear gas, everyone will try to get away from the tear gas, which would be in all directions. If you fire a warning shot, people will all run away in the opposite direction of the shot, thus creating a stampede.

[Hotrod]

The worst part of it all is that practically nobody tried to help the man, they just went on, trying to save a few of their fucking dollars, and not give a shit about somebody's life. I know this sounds awful, but I hope that those people feel very bad about what happened, so they may learn a lesson out of all this shit.

[Skill]

The worst part of it all is that practically nobody tried to help the man, they just went on, trying to save a few of their fucking dollars, and not give a shit about somebody's life. I know this sounds awful, but I hope that those people feel very bad about what happened, so they may learn a lesson out of all this shit.
I sincerely doubt anyone will learn a lesson, because if they weren't smart enough to help that man when he was actually getting trampled, I doubt they'll ever be that intelligent.

[Jean-Luc]

I sincerely doubt anyone will learn a lesson, because if they weren't smart enough to help that man when he was actually getting trampled, I doubt they'll ever be that intelligent.

If they weren't smart enough to have the civility to be fuckin patient, I doubt they'll be that intelligent.

[Hotrod]

True, you both make good points.

[Heathen]

I didn't say it justified the death, didn't even mention it. It doesnt make it anymore right, but this low class/high class bullshit is stupid.

And Heathen, it's not a personal problem. I'm lucky enough to be able to enjoy those luxuries. My family does very well for the most part, it's just when the industries are down that my family suffers like this.

Edit:
However, how many people KNEW he was being killed? Probably no one. If they knew a human being was being killed then they probably would have stopped.

This took place in New York --one of the nations most rudest places and very overcrowded, of course something like this would happen.

yeah, I'm an asshole. I didn't really read past "boohoo poor people's lives suck." Thats to be understood and didnt needa be restated. Much love. I am not uber rich or dirt farmer poor, but I wouldn't whine either way, nor would I kill someone for any kind of fucking toys abash of a dildo.

[p0lar_bear]

I heard about this at Target when my buddy came in, and I hoped it was just a rumor.

Everyone within 5 meters of the doors before they were BLOWN OFF THE FUCKING HINGES should be charged with manslaughter and inciting a riot.

[Hotrod]

Everyone within 5 meters of the doors before they were BLOWN OFF THE FUCKING HINGES should be charged with manslaughter and inciting a riot.
Agreed, they were the cause of his death, and should get the penalty for it.

[Terin]

Remember everyone -

THERE ARE 8 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. AN INCIDENT CAUSED BY A SINGLE PERSON OR SMALL GROUP DOES NOT REPRESENT ALL OF HUMANITY.

http://www.pspsps.tv/facepalm.jpg

Yeah, it's terrible and stupid of the morons who do this stuff, but all that comes with these threads is "everything and everyone suxxxxx" and "ive lost faith in humanity".

[Limited]

Any one else seen the photos? I'm merely making an observation here, but everyone I see is black.
Everyone there should be arrested and brought to justice, I doubt they can succeed with murder charges, but definitely breaching the peace, being involved in a riot, trespassing. etc...

This is barbaric.

[Hotrod]

Well, their skin colour has nothing to do with it, but yeah, I see what you're trying to say.

[SnaFuBAR]

Look up footages of riots where they launched tear gas. Note how people scatter in all directions, contrary to stampeding, which is in one direction. If you launch tear gas, everyone will try to get away from the tear gas, which would be in all directions. If you fire a warning shot, people will all run away in the opposite direction of the shot, thus creating a stampede.Well, there's only so many doors to exit. Your logic sucks dude.

[p0lar_bear]

Tear gas wouldn't have helped anyway, read the article; the poor guy was dead within a minute.

[LinkandKvel]

Fuck that. Shoulda told their asses to get the fuck back and If i got knocked down I woulda been fucking kicking people or sumthin.

[PlasbianX]

I wasnt too far from the store when this happened. I was up in New York for the week visiting family and I went out to a Best Buy in the morning and it was chaotic.

[Con]

Death by human stampede...how sad :(

[DarkHalo003]

Really? Like serious, really? WTF people? Inanimate objects aren't going anywhere to where you have to break down the freaking door. I mean seriously, the apocalypse isn't coming. I don't understand the world anymore (like I ever did).

[Apoc4lypse]

sounds like this forum

[DarkHalo003]

sounds like this forum
Except it's rushing to get out and not in. :lol:

[mech]

sounds like this forum

Much like your posting?

[Heathen]

Woah, amazing. The SAME thing happened last year. And the year before if I'm not mistaken.

This is STILL interesting as hell too.

[Kalub]

How exactly do you not notice you're stamping all over some dude's face?

[Hotrod]

How exactly do you not notice you're stamping all over some dude's face?
Good question...

[rossmum]

How exactly do you not notice you're stamping all over some dude's face?
Like target fixation... shop fixation? They're solely concerned with getting into the shops first. They're not going to notice anything that doesn't concern whatever it is they want to buy.

[LinkandKvel]

^So you think people trip over/step on somebody's face and not notice it? They had to know. The article even said they were crowding out over the crew that were trying to help him with no concern.

[Bodzilla]

"someone else will help them, but i really want that new CD"

[rossmum]

^So you think people trip over/step on somebody's face and not notice it? They had to know. The article even said they were crowding out over the crew that were trying to help him with no concern.
Like I said, they were solely fixated on something else. I ended up with a wickedly hooked piece of glass in my toe yesterday and I didn't notice until I spotted the trail of blood I'd tracked all through the house, because I was busy doing something. If you're concentrating on something enough, you could easily not notice something like that.

[Heathen]

They obviously didn't know the wickedly hooked piece of human tibia wedged in their shoe...they needed that damned iPhone.

You silly people...this is so obviously understandable...
Theirs nothing peculiar at all about trampling some poor bastard while trying to get some undeserved gift for some spoiled, fatshit, red headed step child.

[p0lar_bear]

How exactly do you not notice you're stamping all over some dude's face?

Oh, I'm sure they noticed.

And couldn't give two shits less.

[Jean-Luc]

Oh, I'm sure they noticed.

And couldn't give two shits less.

Much like when you're merging onto the highway, and nobody lets you in. The mentality is "Oh, someone else will let him in. I'm gonna keep going."

And, to avoid completely jumping on the bandwagon, I have lost faith yes, but not in the world, just in consumerism.

[Skill]

Tear gas wouldn't have helped anyway, read the article; the poor guy was dead within a minute.
I know, I just like tear gassing people.

[supersniper]

In before "Only in America"Only in America
Nah but this incident has shown the true colors of what bush did to the economy. people were so frantic to save money so they don't go broke. I blame BUSH!

[jcap]

I would like to say, FUCK YOU Wall Street.
It's not Wall Street's fault.

[DrunkenSamus]

Bro...how would this even happen? This seems so damn unlikely to happen yet it does anyways. It just makes me frustrated and pissed off how people can die by something as pathetic as this.:shake: Jackass shoppers like these need to be shanked.

[Pooky]

Much like when you're merging onto the highway, and nobody lets you in. The mentality is "Oh, someone else will let him in. I'm gonna keep going."

And, to avoid completely jumping on the bandwagon, I have lost faith yes, but not in the world, just in consumerism.

I have lost faith in the tramplers specifically, and wouldn't cry about it if they all suffered a slow and horribly painful death from flesh eating insects.

[nooBBooze]

Its not like i want to go all Hurf Durf but theres something about being in a mass of people that hardly anyone of us can evade.People really dont behave as they normally would in large groups.
Plain mass psychology.
Besides even if two or three actually noticed what was going on while it was going on, theres no way they couldve stopped it.

[armoman92]

mother fuckers.

[LinkandKvel]

Its not like i want to go all Hurf Durf but theres something about being in a mass of people that hardly anyone of us can evade.People really dont behave as they normally would in large groups.
Plain mass psychology.
Besides even if two or three actually noticed what was going on while it was going on, theres no way they couldve stopped it.
It's not like it's a rock concert it's fucking wal-mart. They just didn't care. Maybe didn't think he would die, but didn't care nonetheless.

[Mr Buckshot]

I haven't seen this happen in Canada, and we have more than our fair share of ownage sales too at similar stores. Yes, we have gargantuan crowds, but no fatal stampedes. Hmm...

This just illustrates greed and obnoxiousness within the general public. I don't think the economic crisis has made them THAT poor that they must run at Olympic speeds and step on others just to save some money on consumer goods.

What pissed me off most is that after the worker was killed, the customers did not have the decency to comply with the Walmart staff's requests for them to leave so that an investigation could be made. I know everyone wants to save a few bucks on material goods. But seriously, someone just died over this beeline for discounted goods. At least have the god damn respect to back off and let the deceased have some dignity.

I almost never participate in holiday-season massive sales because my parents claim that "time is money." In other words, those 3-plus hours they'd waste waiting in line to buy a discounted product could be used to EARN some money instead (they work on weekends and my mom always does overtime). I don't celebrate Christmas anyway.

Nevertheless, I do jump at every opportunity to take advantage of a good discount, but never during holiday season. One of the best discounts I had was a $150 Matrix 10-disc collector's ed, slashed to $60 for a week in April. I also got $500 HKD slashed off a Motorola RAZR V3X cell phone in July. I've also bought a few video games here and there during those times when they take $5 or $10 off the price. See? I don't need to join a Black Friday horde if I want to save money. Unlike some people I happen to notice more than one store in the vicinity, and every store has its own sales every week.

Judging from what I saw in the article, if some crazy store suddenly cut a video game console's price in half during holiday season, there would be crazier parents attacking one another with knives in the frenzy to grab the discounted console for their kids.

[kenney001]

Only in America
Nah but this incident has shown the true colors of what bush did to the economy. people were so frantic to save money so they don't go broke. I blame BUSH!

ha...i hope you were kidding...

[LinkandKvel]

You can't honestly think Bush had nothing to do with today's economy can you?

[ExAm]

Of course he has something to do with the economy being shit, but not with creating the rabid wal-mart consumer mentality. That's been around for ages.

[PopeAK49]

You think walmart shoppers don't contribute to killing kids. Well think again. Walmarts in asia pay workers unimaginably low. We just need to stop shopping at walmart, and things will be great. There's going to be sales around christmas anyways. God somethimes i wish i wasn't human because of things like this.

[kid908]

hmm...looks like an easy way to stage a murder during black friday...

[DrunkenSamus]

Wal-mart is evil. Nuff' said. :)

[Bodzilla]

You can't honestly think Bush had nothing to do with today's economy can you?
you cant honestly pin this on bush. This is human nature at it's festering darkest, but it's still human nature.

[LinkandKvel]

I'm not pinning this incident on bush. The supersniper said this was a result from bush's mistake on the economy. I thought kenney was disagreeing with the fact that Bush ddin't have anything to do with the economy. I guess he was talking about the incident as a whole, which in that case I agree.