Wal-Mart worker dies-shoppers Killed him

Thoughts_Arrive · November 2008

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

I don't see how this "song could not be more true."

Hellooooo?! ... a person is dead because they were crowded and pushed. Quite the opposite.

Ummmm, I am referring to rats being better behaved than humans.
Duh!

BinGnarly · November 2008

Gross.

MrBrian · November 2008

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer – Sat Nov 29, 8:04 pm ET

NEW YORK – Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges.

Nassau County police and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said no new information was available Saturday on the employee's brutal death, which rattled shoppers even as they flocked to the Valley Stream store a day later.

"It felt a little freakish," customer Ellie Berhun, 48, told the Daily News. "Some man lost his life because a VCR was on sale? Please. It's just too sad for words."

Police said the temporary worker, Jdimytai Damour, was mowed down as about 2,000 bargain-hunters surged into the store at Friday's 5 a.m. opening, leaving a metal portion of the door frame crumpled like an accordion.

Other workers were knocked to the ground as they tried to rescue Damour, and customers simply stepped over him and kept shopping even as the store announced it was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said

Thoughts_Arrive · November 2008

I thought VCR's were out....

Jeanwah · November 2008

MrBrian wrote:

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer – Sat Nov 29, 8:04 pm ET

NEW YORK – Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges.

Nassau County police and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said no new information was available Saturday on the employee's brutal death, which rattled shoppers even as they flocked to the Valley Stream store a day later.

"It felt a little freakish," customer Ellie Berhun, 48, told the Daily News. "Some man lost his life because a VCR was on sale? Please. It's just too sad for words."

Police said the temporary worker, Jdimytai Damour, was mowed down as about 2,000 bargain-hunters surged into the store at Friday's 5 a.m. opening, leaving a metal portion of the door frame crumpled like an accordion.

Other workers were knocked to the ground as they tried to rescue Damour, and customers simply stepped over him and kept shopping even as the store announced it was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said

This is odd. They're actually asking for the shoppers to come forward? This is all of our fault's. It's the problem with society and the media, yet they'll look for the individuals rather than address the real problem here? I'm so not surprised.

JaneNY · November 2008

hartamh wrote:

Just think this kid was just going to work, and then all of a sudden being mowed down by a crowd of people that had to make sure they were first to get in the store:mad:.

My heart goes out to this poor kid and his family:(.
It is such a horrible thing. What our society turning into, I just can't absorb why this happened:(

I read in another article that he was 34, so not exactly a kid, but its just as bad.

Unfortunately human nature is a certain way, and Wal Mart by the way they operate the black friday sales, create an atmosphere of competition and scarcity, so that people feel they have to compete with each other if they want one of the few of the coveted items that's in the store. It brings out the worst in people. The store bears some responsibility for not having proper crowd control in place. Having attended many shows and watched crowd behavior, this seems not too different than GA at shows, except that there are barriers and security and better crowd control at the shows.

kenny olav · November 2008

My asst manager at work was talking about this story on Friday and for some sick reason he was getting a good chuckle out of it. Not only that, but there was an incident a few weeks ago where he was on a bus that ran over and killed a mentally-disabled woman, and he though he said it was "gross" he still was laughing about it. Anyway, if he should ever get trampled on or run over, I won't laugh, but I will be a little bit happy about it.

EDIT: Maybe it's just a coincidence, but my asst manager happens to be from NYC.

aNiMaL · November 2008

Kenny Olav wrote:

My asst manager at work was talking about this story on Friday and for some sick reason he was getting a good chuckle out of it. Not only that, but there was an incident a few weeks ago where he was on a bus that ran over and killed a mentally-disabled woman, and he though he said it was "gross" he still was laughing about it. Anyway, if he should ever get trampled on or run over, I won't laugh, but I will be a little bit happy about it.

EDIT: Maybe it's just a coincidence, but my asst manager happens to be from NYC.

If I were you, I would have gone off on what a piece of shit your assistant manager is...no matter what the consequence was.

And if I were in charge of the Walmart the morning that the guy died, I would have killed the power to the entire store so all the registers would not work, get a fucking bull horn and proceed to go around and shout at all the dumb mother fuckers who refused to leave the store after the guy died. I would have made a fucking spectacle out of anyone who was too self-centered to realized the severity of the situation.

kenny olav · November 2008

aNiMaL wrote:

If I were you, I would have gone off on what a piece of shit your assistant manager is...no matter what the consequence was.

he's not well-liked. he'll get his due.

MrBrian · December 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyh3egPw7uY&NR=1

It's like watching a Discovery channel show about hungry animals all going for the same piece of meat....!

Some vids from 2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehSkxg7wvyk&NR=1

giventofly0812 · December 2008

this was right near where i live
crazy to think that saving money is more important than human life

blackredyellow · December 2008

what the fuck is wrong with some people?

WaveCameCrashin · December 2008

abunch of f@&*!* animals

MrBrian · December 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of a man killed in a stampede of frenzied holiday shoppers filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Wednesday seeking unspecified damages.

Shoppers on New York's Long Island broke down doors and surged into the Valley Stream Wal-Mart at 5 a.m. on November 28, the day after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday," traditionally the busiest retail shopping day of the year.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081203/us/usreport_us_usa_holidaysales_death

eyedclaar · December 2008

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

I don't see how this "song could not be more true."

Hellooooo?! ... a person is dead because they were crowded and pushed. Quite the opposite.

The lyrics are implying that people do these things. Rats don't. Hello!

eyedclaar · December 2008

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Ummmm, I am referring to rats being better behaved than humans.
Duh!

Oh, you already beat me to it. Carry on, folks, nothing to see here...

cincybearcat · December 2008

And how many people went out shopping on Black Friday without incident?

This is certainly a crazy, stupid, unbelievable death...but I wouldn't condeme the human race, US citizens, and holiday shoppers as a whole for a bunch of idiots at Walmart.

cincybearcat · December 2008

MrBrian wrote:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of a man killed in a stampede of frenzied holiday shoppers filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Wednesday seeking unspecified damages.

Shoppers on New York's Long Island broke down doors and surged into the Valley Stream Wal-Mart at 5 a.m. on November 28, the day after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday," traditionally the busiest retail shopping day of the year.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081203/us/usreport_us_usa_holidaysales_death

Looking for cash...forget the people that actually trampled the person, let's blame the big bad corporation!!!! No one is responsible for their actions anymore.

South of Seattle · December 2008

Jeanwah wrote:

I think as a society, somewhere in the last 10 years we've taken on the persona of just a "consumer" and have dropped the identity and emotion of "human".

Unless the revolution of buying and consuming less ever wins. It will be a win for humans and awesome loss for the corporations.

Just as our economy has become the "consumer" and the The US is about to become fucking wal-mart once we recede even more into joblessness and bad credit. Just like Wal-mart, we can't make anything for ourselves.

Vicious cycle isn't it?

pateljam · December 2008

cincybearcat wrote:

And how many people went out shopping on Black Friday without incident?

This is certainly a crazy, stupid, unbelievable death...but I wouldn't condeme the human race, US citizens, and holiday shoppers as a whole for a bunch of idiots at Walmart.

I think as a society we don't take responsbility for our actions.
Just look at our country, the moral fabric of our society is falling apart and as long as brain-dead reality tv programs are on and we can stuff ourselves with junk food we are a happy people.

What is sad about this wal mart death, it just shows that people really don't give a shit about others.

We Americans have become self-centered spolied children who always get thier way. Sad, but true...

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