Sat 29 Nov 2008
People Who Shop At Wal-Mart Are Animals!
Posted by RichSlick under Watch Out
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I’ve been busy this weekend and just learned that a man died at Wal-mart as he was stampeded to death much like if he were in an African Sahara killed by runaway elephants or rhinos except this poor man was killed by wild animals shopping at Wal-mart when the store opened for black Friday.
The throng of Wal-Mart shoppers had been building all night, filling sidewalks and stretching across a vast parking lot at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y. At 3:30 a.m., the Nassau County police had to be called in for crowd control, and an officer with a bullhorn pleaded for order.
Tension grew as the 5 a.m. opening neared. Someone taped up a crude poster: “Blitz Line Starts Here.â€
By 4:55, with no police officers in sight, the crowd of more than 2,000 had become a rabble, and could be held back no longer. Fists banged and shoulders pressed on the sliding-glass double doors, which bowed in with the weight of the assault. Six to 10 workers inside tried to push back, but it was hopeless.
Suddenly, witnesses and the police said, the doors shattered, and the shrieking mob surged through in a blind rush for holiday bargains. One worker, Jdimytai Damour, 34, was thrown back onto the black linoleum tiles and trampled in the stampede that streamed over and around him. Others who had stood alongside Mr. Damour trying to hold the doors were also hurled back and run over, witnesses said.
Some workers who saw what was happening fought their way through the surge to get to Mr. Damour, but he had been fatally injured, the police said. Emergency workers tried to revive Mr. Damour, a temporary worker hired for the holiday season, at the scene, but he was pronounced dead an hour later at Franklin Hospital Medical Center in Valley Stream.
Four other people, including a 28-year-old woman who was described as eight months pregnant, were treated at the hospital for minor injuries.
Detective Lt. Michael Fleming, who is in charge of the investigation for the Nassau police, said the store lacked adequate security. He called the scene “utter chaos†and said the “crowd was out of control.†As for those who had run over the victim, criminal charges were possible, the lieutenant said. “I’ve heard other people call this an accident, but it is not,†he said. “Certainly it was a foreseeable act.â€
Yup, if you’re in an African Sahara and you see a thousand animals crowding around and heading in one direction, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out you need to move out of the way or prepare to do something and Wal-mart did nothing. This is one of the many reasons I don’t ever shop at Wal-mart, it’s been over a decade since I’ve step into a Wal-mart store and I only go there if it is an absolute emergency and I can’t go anywhere else.  This is just so sickening that Wal-mart should be ashamed of itself for letting this happen.  It’s all about profit for these morons and catering to the lowest common denominator should always come with an extra layer of thought and security but that would certainly cut into Wal-marts profits.
What a sad event.