Walmart employee gets trampled and dies on black friday

[k0uki]

Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death)

[HyperTek]

dam thats crazy.. i didnt anywhere this year..

sad to hear..

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital, where she and the baby were reported to be OK, said police Sgt. Anthony Repalone.

dam even a prego was there... i know how stressful it is waiting in line for a store to open, but dam

[renegade_ewok]

What kind of wackjob motherfuckers are that determined to get inside of a Wal Mart. Everytime I go in there its either because I need to cash my check and no ones open or I need toilet paper... I hate that place.

[240love]

wow how sad... he must of gotten trampled really bad

[TravisSW]

Even more whackjob.

In La Palma...something like that. It's in the desert. Two males shot each other over a toy.

Jees, imagine being the child of those two dads. Your dad died because of a toy you wanted...and also they where idiots.

I'll try to find the link.
Link found - SoCal Toys 'R' Us Shooting Leaves Two Dead (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/28/socal-toys-r-us-shooting_n_147032.html)

[HyperTek]

^material things are sadly a way of life now.. like all that stuff that happened when teh ps3 came out... everyone is influenced that all these things are necessities.. sucks...

[worangejuice]

It's the media's fault................or the marketing, driving people mad.
sad

[Darkadious]

Even more whackjob.

In La Palma...something like that. It's in the desert. Two males shot each other over a toy.
that's the opposite of what the story says...

[murda-c]

It's the media's fault................or the marketing, driving people mad.
sad

you're right, people who go crazy over getting deals on christmas presents aren't at fault themselves...

[shishcabobers]

Wow, seriously shows you the morals of people when they get angry and shout that walmart is closing for the police to investigate.....

[andmattsayd]

NOW its black friday.
people are WAY to die hard on this whole "BLACK FRIDAY" thing.
its real sad.

[PF ALL DAY]

http://davidreport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/buy_nothing_day.jpg


Yup. Our country is full of people like this.


Save lives. Celebrate...
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff90/usarmedforces/feature_buy_nothing_day.jpg

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Daaamn, that sucks. I'm glad I didn't have to work yesterday.

[JohnnyDrfiter22]

Those ppl who trampled that poor man must feel like real jackass'. I know me and my friend were at the mall on friday morning, it wasnt packed and i over heard some kid say to another kid "lets go to wal-mart and punch ppl in their faces" I turn and said What, why. The kid goes "its expected on black friday, do you think if it was named white friday or even blue, green we would have these problems".....

[Matej]

Was he a greeter?

[ronmcdon]

The store should have implemented tighter security measures, such as putting in place gates letting ppl in limited numbers. They ought to have had bouncers up front, discouraging potential trouble-makers, and maintaining order outside BEFORE the store even opened. When you have 2,000 desperate ppl lined up for a store opening, caution ought to have been exercised no matter what.

If the store would have prepared for the worst, and taken into consideration the mob mentality of the situation, this would not have happened. If you're prepared for the worst; ppl will be ppl (if not beasts), then few things should go out of control.

First unruly shopper to cause a ruckus, will earn a well deserved baton up their ass
I think it's fair to say Wal-mart ought to be held accountable for inadequate security measures here. what a horrible way to die! In any case, I think this incident send a clear precedent that such situations need to be taken a bit more seriously. give the security guards riot gear, tear gas, and other toys if needed be.

[HyperTek]

i bet you a few people walked over him, and others followed by stomping.. i bet you
probably racing to the sales racks to grab shit

[Matej]

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/11/29/gal_walmart_stampede_03.jpg
http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/11/29/gal_walmart_stampede_05.jpg
http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/11/29/gal_walmart_stampede_02.jpg

[HyperTek]

that looks more like a bestbuy or circuit city then an walmart

that is freaking ridiculous . sadly I wont be surprised if the victim was Caucasian.

[Flipzide]

Damn thats horrible. If they had police presense, the crowd might not have been as crazy...

When I camped out at frys, there was 6 sheriffs controlling the line flow. there was a couple more at best buy as well.

[MrMcgarrett]

The store should have implemented tighter security measures, such as putting in place gates letting ppl in limited numbers. They ought to have had bouncers up front, discouraging potential trouble-makers, and maintaining order outside BEFORE the store even opened. When you have 2,000 desperate ppl lined up for a store opening, caution ought to have been exercised no matter what.

If the store would have prepared for the worst, and taken into consideration the mob mentality of the situation, this would not have happened. If you're prepared for the worst; ppl will be ppl (if not beasts), then few things should go out of control.

First unruly shopper to cause a ruckus, will earn a well deserved baton up their ass
I think it's fair to say Wal-mart ought to be held accountable for inadequate security measures here. what a horrible way to die! In any case, I think this incident send a clear precedent that such situations need to be taken a bit more seriously. give the security guards riot gear, tear gas, and other toys if needed be.
You would think they would since it happens EVERY YEAR.

[gotta240]

It's the media's fault................or the marketing, driving people mad.
sad


Shut the fuck up. This is what is wrong with our country. It's not the media's fault or marketing. It the fucked up, retarded ass, greedy mother fuckers that surround us. Rude, thoughtless, careless, assholes are to blame. It's the cocksuckers that jumped over/on him to save 10 bucks, instead of grabbing him by the arm and lifting him to his feet or to safety that are to blame.

Well, in addition to the store for not providing more security/control.

[Kalashnikov]

Shut the fuck up. This is what is wrong with our country. It's not the media's fault or marketing. It the fucked up, retarded ass, greedy mother fuckers that surround us. Rude, thoughtless, careless, assholes are to blame. It's the cocksuckers that jumped over/on him to save 10 bucks, instead of grabbing him by the arm and lifting him to his feet or to safety that are to blame.

Well, in addition to the store for not providing more security/control.

Maybe it not 100% media fault but they do contribute.

Okay, If I post on Zilvia. "BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL"

$400 Dollars for SR20DET redtop and $500 for SR20DET black top with Free HKS or Greddy FMIC upgrade. For the First 500 people.

What do you think will happen?

I don't know about you, but i'll gladly STOMP on people. I am poor. Screw everyone.
Hey, "Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection." The person who died knew the dangers that is why it is a "Killer" deal.

Yes, maybe I am being evil, but If you have new "IPHONE" and show it off in the street, you may get killed for it. Who knows. People die from stray bullets, so, dying for new Xbox not suprise to me.

[98s14inaz]

I wasn't shocked at all to hear this happened. People are so stupid this time of year. My gf almost got killed twice while driving to come have lunch with me.

[murda-c]

Maybe it not 100% media fault but they do contribute.

Okay, If I post on Zilvia. "BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL"

$400 Dollars for SR20DET redtop and $500 for SR20DET black top with Free HKS or Greddy FMIC upgrade. For the First 500 people.

What do you think will happen?

I don't know about you, but i'll gladly STOMP on people. I am poor. Screw everyone.
Hey, "Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection." The person who died knew the dangers that is why it is a "Killer" deal.

Yes, maybe I am being evil, but If you have new "IPHONE" and show it off in the street, you may get killed for it. Who knows. People die from stray bullets, so, dying for new Xbox not suprise to me.


Yes, stomping people for a new toy is totally cool.

that's all these people were buying, toys and shit like that. it's not like they had a huge sale on bread and milk.

Survival of the fittest doesn't count when you're just going to a store to buy luxury items.

[*MILK*]

I hate when shit like this happen. When i'm in line and i'm being pushed from behind, first thing I do is get ignorant. I yell, cuss, or whatever I find necessary to get the person behind me to back off. Sometimes they follow suit. Last time I came close to getting trampled, I started a small riot. I told random asshole's twice to chill, they start joking pushing each other like shit was a game. I whisper to two of my guys, next push I started swinging @ em. It's not that serious, stuff like a guy dying should not happed over saving some change. I know it probably happened fast, the guy was thinking bout his job, but fuck that i'm swinging.

[Grendel]

Those pics up there remind me of dawn of the dead haha...


Maybe it not 100% media fault but they do contribute.

Okay, If I post on Zilvia. "BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL"

$400 Dollars for SR20DET redtop and $500 for SR20DET black top with Free HKS or Greddy FMIC upgrade. For the First 500 people.

What do you think will happen?

I don't know about you, but i'll gladly STOMP on people. I am poor. Screw everyone.
Hey, "Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection." The person who died knew the dangers that is why it is a "Killer" deal.

Yes, maybe I am being evil, but If you have new "IPHONE" and show it off in the street, you may get killed for it. Who knows. People die from stray bullets, so, dying for new Xbox not suprise to me.


You are fucking retarded.

[RUTH'LESSDET]

this happened right by my house fuck'n ridiculous

[mRclARK1]

Maybe it not 100% media fault but they do contribute.

Okay, If I post on Zilvia. "BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL"

$400 Dollars for SR20DET redtop and $500 for SR20DET black top with Free HKS or Greddy FMIC upgrade. For the First 500 people.

What do you think will happen?

I don't know about you, but i'll gladly STOMP on people. I am poor. Screw everyone.
Hey, "Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection." The person who died knew the dangers that is why it is a "Killer" deal.

Yes, maybe I am being evil, but If you have new "IPHONE" and show it off in the street, you may get killed for it. Who knows. People die from stray bullets, so, dying for new Xbox not suprise to me.

With a user name like yours, I'm not to surprised. If you're really poor, you shouldn't be out shopping for shit like that anyway.

It would a sad, pathetic person to end someone's life over an iPhone or an Xbox.

I know it won't happen, but if it were up to me, I'd be seriously tempted to send a message to how pathetic a lot of people are, and charge the entire crowd. I'm sure many paid with CC's and debit cards and some transactions were completed before the place shut down... Get the names at the time and charge them all. Nothing will come of 99% of them, but it's the principle. You know what's really sad? If it was just a greeter... They probably worked there because they were either handicapped or retired. So someone who had even less chance of trying to help themselves from being trampled to death.

But hey... Someone got to play Gears of War 2 on a brand new Xbox for an awesome bargin... So what do we care? People are pathetically selfish.

[gotta240]

Maybe it not 100% media fault but they do contribute.

I don't know about you, but i'll gladly STOMP on people. I am poor. Screw everyone.
Hey, "Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection." The person who died knew the dangers that is why it is a "Killer" deal. .


You are a fucking retard and do not deserve to be on these forums. You are poor and will stay poor because of your fucked up mentality.

If they can ban people for being racist on these forums, you sure as fuck should be banned. You are ONE OF THE GREEDY, RUDE, COCKSUCKING, BITCHES i was referring to in my earlier post.:rl:

[ALTRNTV]

that is freaking ridiculous . sadly I wont be surprised if the victim was Caucasian.
...and where did that come from?

[Tenchuu]

...and where did that come from?

yeah no shit. i was surprised no one comment on that earlier

[muddafakka]

Maybe it not 100% media fault but they do contribute.

Okay, If I post on Zilvia. "BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL"

$400 Dollars for SR20DET redtop and $500 for SR20DET black top with Free HKS or Greddy FMIC upgrade. For the First 500 people.

What do you think will happen?

I don't know about you, but i'll gladly STOMP on people. I am poor. Screw everyone.
Hey, "Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection." The person who died knew the dangers that is why it is a "Killer" deal.

Yes, maybe I am being evil, but If you have new "IPHONE" and show it off in the street, you may get killed for it. Who knows. People die from stray bullets, so, dying for new Xbox not suprise to me.
This has to be the most retarded post I've ever read in my entire fucking life.

Your argument holds absolutely no weight.

Somebody should stomp your fucking face in. Jackass.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

I know it won't happen, but if it were up to me, I'd be seriously tempted to send a message to how pathetic a lot of people are, and charge the entire crowd.

Yes. Yes yes yes.

The concepts of personal responsibility and accountability are completely dead in this country, and desperately need to be revived.

The man is dead because A HORDE OF MISERABLE DISGUSTING WASTES OF LIFE TRAMPLED HIM TO DEATH. Not because the media printed advertisements for $400 HD flat screens.

"Why did you shoot this man 6 times and take his wallet?" "Oh, because I play too much Grand Theft Auto." "Oh. OK, well, go on home then, and we'll charge Rockstar with murder."

There is no fundamental difference between the two scenarios.

[FaLKoN240]

I hope I don't get pinked, but I found this on another forum...

Its funny to see how the people that are super close minded tend to think they are above others.

Notice how they blame everyone else for ANYTHING that has happened and don't think they contribute at all to the problem...

Worker Dies At Long Island Wal-Mart After Being Trampled In Black Friday Stampede - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=546770)

You know, because they're above shopping at a sale.

[stiizy]

^^ That has to be the most Racist and most fucking ignorant forum i've ever fucking seen

[chadca18s13]

this kinda stuff makes me glad i dont live in the states. ur cool neighbors, but its like living to a family that has a dozen kids... theres always fucked up shit goin on in that house.

[alindeman1989]

wtf are people that dumb and can't stop for one fucking second.

[FaLKoN240]

^^ That has to be the most Racist and most fucking ignorant forum i've ever fucking seen

And you've been a Subaru forum before right? LOLOLOLOL.

J/K I've never been on one.

[Kalashnikov]

This has to be the most retarded post I've ever read in my entire fucking life.

Your argument holds absolutely no weight.

Somebody should stomp your fucking face in. Jackass.

Maybe what I say is messed up, but Life is Life.
Are you Really suprised??

In addition, I dont' think people did it on purpose. It's hundreds of people PUSHING forward. It's like you have 1,000 Bulls and the Walmart dude was the Cowboy who stood in front of the gate and unlocked it.

I feel sorry for him, but I am just saying it does not shock me.

[ronmcdon]

^^ That has to be the most Racist and most fucking ignorant forum i've ever fucking seen

That is pretty awful, but if it's on the internet, that's probably only the tip of the iceberg.

that aside, i had no idea 'white pride' forums still existed. they are also anti-capitalists too (giving sole credit to the Jewish community) to boot. really, there is no apparent limit to human wretchedness. I learn something new almost everyday.

That aside, I'm still inclined to say this incident was the cause of mob mentality or a concept known as 'Deindividualization. Individually, the ppl who make up the mob could be decent human beings. once the said individuals become absorbed in a frenzied crowd, they get caught up and lose all themselves in it. If the crowd moves forward, they do so accordingly.

Here's a link and some quotes from a Wiki article that gives more detail about the concept. It applies to other situations that involves mobs. What I don't about this mob, is their inherent half-assed approach. If you can kill, why not go all out and also loot?

Deindividuation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deindividuation)


"Perspectives on Deindividuation

There are three widely-held perspectives as to how deindividuation affects the group dynamic:

1. Deindividuation weakens people against performing harmful or socially disapproved actions. Essentially, when a person is in the group and deindividuation occurs, the person is no longer acting as the individual. Therefore, what would normally inhibit the actions of a single person acting in a social setting and conforming to social norms is removed. The result is uninhibited behavior which may be harmful or socially disapproved actions (e.g.: looting, vandalism, gang assaults, etc.)

2. Deindividuation heightens peoples’ responsiveness to external cues, which may be either positive or negative. This responsiveness refers to the situation. In the case of looting, you may see others stealing desirable items and not receiving any punishment or negative outcomes. This may make you more compelled to join the group and engage in the behavior because you see others getting away with it and you believe you won’t be singled out just like they haven’t. This type of responsiveness may also be positive. For instance, you may walk into a party and see that others are sitting around, watching television, and having a drink. You will probably feel compelled to follow the group by taking a seat in front of the TV and grabbing a drink yourself. This makes you feel more at ease because you stand out less from the group.

3. Deindividuation increases people’s adherence to norms that emerge with the group. When deindividuation occurs, new norms are set as the standard for the group. This standard pushes people to conform to the social influence of the group instead of thinking individually about how to comply with social norms. This can be exemplified in gang activities such as vandalism. Even though it is against a societal norm (and the law, for that matter) to spray paint walls with offensive terms and symbols, the norm set for the group is that it is a typical and endorsed behavior which switches from “damaging property” to “creating artwork and marking the gang’s territory.” This emergence of new group norms often leads to group think, a phenomenon characterized by faulty decision-making in a group."

[99maxgtr]

Wow...that just made me so pissed off and disgusted. That article pretty much made all those people look like real monsters.

[WERDdabuilder]

not to thread jack but yeah blackfriday shit right?

2 killed inside Toys R Us on Black Friday in Palm Desert, Calif. - 11/28/08 - Los Angeles-Southern California-LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports - abc7.com (http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=6529687)

two men shoot and kill each other in toys'r'us......

who the hell brings a blaster to toys'r'us?

[g6civcx]

"Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection."

For everyone who is still reasonable, this is called "Social Darwinism", and is actually highly contradictory to what Darwin believed in.

Darwin originally observed natural selection. The theory goes like this. Birds have beaks of a certain length. Baby birds exhibit random genetic mutation that can either shorten or lengthen their beak by a certain amount. The parents' beak length determine the child's possible beak length. Statistically, the more the child's beak length deviates from the parents' length, the less likely it would be. The child's beak length tends to be the same, or at most a little bit smaller or slightly larger. Being drastically different from your parents genetically is rare.

Nature favours longer beaks over shorter beaks. Birds with longer beaks can find food and reproduce. Shorter beaked birds cannot find food and die without reproducing.

Over time, the bird population tends to have longer beaks because this is what nature favours. Their children tend to have longer beaks as well, as the short beaked offsprings are rare and die any way.

Natural selection is based on random genetic mutation based on the parents' recombinant genetic code. Natural factors kill off undesirable genetic traits and promote other genetic traits.

Natural selection has to do with genetics and natural factors, and has nothing to do with society. Darwin did not believe in natural selection = get away with whatever you can, kill, rape, loot, plunder, as long as you can get away with it.

This theory came from Malthus and Spencer. Do your research.

Darwin is turning in his grave because we are applying his theory incorrectly.

Carry on.

[legacy927]

When I heard about this that morning, shit just makes me sick. From what I've heard, this guy was working as a temp job. Who would ever thought, after a nice thanksgiving dinner with family and head to work early next morning and get killed by these selfish fucks.

And when the media replayed that video from few years ago where that lady got knocked down to the floor and her wigg came off, even it may look funny from her reaction, but people around didnt even bother to help.

[mRclARK1]

Yes. Yes yes yes.

The concepts of personal responsibility and accountability are completely dead in this country, and desperately need to be revived.

The man is dead because A HORDE OF MISERABLE DISGUSTING WASTES OF LIFE TRAMPLED HIM TO DEATH. Not because the media printed advertisements for $400 HD flat screens.

"Why did you shoot this man 6 times and take his wallet?" "Oh, because I play too much Grand Theft Auto." "Oh. OK, well, go on home then, and we'll charge Rockstar with murder."

There is no fundamental difference between the two scenarios.

:werd:

You fuck up today and it's never your own fault. It's always someone, or something else's. Hell, even in places such as the military, the concept of personal responsibility is being diminished dangerously low. People have no standards they are expected meet and be accountable to anymore, and they act in whatever manner they choose with few, if any, consequences as a result.

[Kalashnikov]

For everyone who is still reasonable, this is called "Social Darwinism", and is actually highly contradictory to what Darwin believed in.

Darwin originally observed natural selection. The theory goes like this. Birds have beaks of a certain length. Baby birds exhibit random genetic mutation that can either shorten or lengthen their beak by a certain amount. The parents' beak length determine the child's possible beak length. Statistically, the more the child's beak length deviates from the parents' length, the less likely it would be. The child's beak length tends to be the same, or at most a little bit smaller or slightly larger. Being drastically different from your parents genetically is rare.

Nature favours longer beaks over shorter beaks. Birds with longer beaks can find food and reproduce. Shorter beaked birds cannot find food and die without reproducing.

Over time, the bird population tends to have longer beaks because this is what nature favours. Their children tend to have longer beaks as well, as the short beaked offsprings are rare and die any way.

Natural selection is based on random genetic mutation based on the parents' recombinant genetic code. Natural factors kill off undesirable genetic traits and promote other genetic traits.

Natural selection has to do with genetics and natural factors, and has nothing to do with society. Darwin did not believe in natural selection = get away with whatever you can, kill, rape, loot, plunder, as long as you can get away with it.

This theory came from Malthus and Spencer. Do your research.

Darwin is turning in his grave because we are applying his theory incorrectly.

Carry on.


I never mentioned Darwin.

I did mention the phrase Survial or the Fittest and concept of Natural Selection.
So your entire paragraph about Darwin is utterly useless because I made no reference to Darwin nor Darwinism. In addition, I neither care about the origins of the quote or phrase and simply used these two ideas to imply that life is harsh, and minute organisms and even large multicellular organisms such as humans die each and every day. In nature, the ones who are unfortunate, die, and the ones who are fortunate survive.

There is no significant in this man dying through my eyes. People die and new people come into this world. I have no empathy for him because I don't know him, nor do I care. People die around the world every second, and most of us can help prevent them from dying too. So why is everyone all up on a dead walmart guy, when there are millions of kids dying from starvation and diseases.

The point is that it does not shock me. It is sad, but...nothing new to me in this world.
I have seen worse cases of deaths than this.. The world is a messed up place! Learn to not give a shit.

"Survival of the fittest" is a phrase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase) which is shorthand for a concept relating to competition for survival or predominance. Originally applied by Herbert Spencer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Spencer) in his Principles of Biology of 1864, Spencer drew parallels to his ideas of economics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics) with Charles Darwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin)'s theories of evolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution) by what Darwin termed natural selection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection).

Natural selection:
Natural selection is the process by which favorable heritable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritable) traits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trait_(biology)) become more common in successive generations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation) of a population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population) of reproducing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproduction) organisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism), and unfavorable heritable traits become less common, due to differential reproduction of genotypes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype). Natural selection acts on the phenotype (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype), or the observable characteristics of an organism, such that individuals with favorable phenotypes are more likely to survive and reproduce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_reproduction) than those with less favorable phenotypes.

[LeftNutOfGowd]

It wouldn't be Christmas time unless someone get hurt on Black Friday

[aziankingz]

^ a black guy no less.. VERY SAD STORY.. PPL BECOME ANIMALS WHEN THERES MONEY TO BE SAVED..

[treken2t87]

^ a black guy no less.. VERY SAD STORY.. PPL BECOME ANIMALS WHEN THERES MONEY TO BE SAVED..
Actually, he was Haitain...

[murda-c]

Actually, he was Haitain...

Last time i checked most haitians are black.

[gotta240]

What the fuck does his ethnicity have to do with anything?

[aziankingz]

because it was black friday?