Black Friday is one "tradition" that needs to die. This is enough. 

I used to think, to hell with them all, if anyone chooses to subject themselves to this, they deserve what they get. And I still don't have much sympathy for mad shoppers who get injured while joining in the crush. But the workers subjected to this crap are minimum wage slaves who'd be doing something better if they could. They do it because they're young or poor or new immigrants, easily taken advantage of or can't afford to lose their jobs, and therefore don't feel comfortable saying "no, this is not safe, I will not participate in this insanity." It's time for someone to stand up and protect them. People rip on unions and sometimes rightly so, but this is the kind of thing they exist for and where they can really do some good.

I'll be doing my Christmas shopping online.

Orange Fuzball, I'm with you- the heck with the whole thing. No more black Fri.
and yes, Mary blonde, imagine the poor family. He lost his life to something that doesn't even make any sense at all. Wal Mart will have some excuse.

so that means what? that it doesn't matter as much?  a person was killed by a stampede of shoppers trying to get a "deal" ~ horrible beyond belief

catmom

catwoods I too am very bothered by this insanity of the rush to be the first to buy whatever and stomp on anyone who gets in their way. Proves that those who stomped that poor guy have no conscience either as they wanted to shop no matter what the police said. The police should have arrested all of them for disrupting a crime scene and fined each one the equivalent of what they think that poor man's life is worth - the $100 they were saving on some electronic gadget, etc. How disgusting, just so disappointing that the human race is reduced to a vultureistic mob out of control on black friday.

The woman who was 8 months pregnant and was trampled
has lost her baby.................

The Nassau Co. police department reviewed WalMart security procedures before Black Friday.  The police advised WalMart that more security was necessary.  WalMart did NOT listen to the NCPD's recommendation. 

Burn in hell .............

The autopsy report came in on the gentleman who died.

Asphyxia from being trampled to death.
Mr. Damour was 6 foot 5 and weighed 270 pounds.

400 shoppers were at the store at 3 am......2 hours before it was to open.
No security from WalMart was on scene...........

Target stopped doing the "early specials" last year because of all the problems. I just think its really sad that people become violent over a sale ! Black friday is supposed to be fun,not criminal. I remember a few yrs ago standing in the checkout line at Kohl's & everone was talking & laughing to while away the long wait. We would watch & move each others things,so people could continue shopping.Most fun I ever had though was last year wearing my big red "not in my cart" sticker & handing out consumers union coupons to clerks & managers. You couldn't pay me to go near a Walmart this whole past weekend though ! Oops,forgot I only go there 2x a yr for DH's work jeans anyway.

Now they report that the worker had no experience with crowd control, but they placed him at the door based on his size alone.
Apparently, they knew there would be alot of pushing and shoving, so why not having security present?  They report that the crowd literally knocked the doors open.  Was this poor guy the only one still standing there when it happened?  Insanity, pure insanity.
It's a true "mob mentality".  I hope the industry learns from this tragic event and makes changes that protects both the workers and the customers.  I think Target might have the right idea by stopping the "early specials", hopefully others will take note.