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13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths

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In honor of the busiest shopping day of the year, here are 13 Black Friday injuries, incidents and deaths that should pretty much convince everyone to stay the hell out of a busy shopper's way this year.
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    Pregnant Woman Wig

    Before jumping into this one, it's weird that this happens in the U.S. Usually when you hear about riots, stampedes or people being killed in crowds, it's important, or political. Here in the U.S., no matter how many civil liberties are denied certain groups, no matter how unhappy people are with their government, what it really takes to get people riled up is 40% off of a DVD set.

    Shoppers show no mercy. Back in 2005 (again!) and in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to the video, shoppers trampled and scuffled and pushed and knocked people down, including a pregnant woman, again.

    As you can see, most people just push and jog and fast-walk right on by, and no tries to help her up. Later on, she is escorted to the hospital via ambulance.

    But that’s not the worst part. In all the commotion, the security footage captures the most grievous injustice of all: the pregnant woman’s wig is knocked off (if you laughed, you're a terrible human being and are, apparently, proud of it). The devastating blow to the ego is clearly shown as she desperately tries to grab it back once it's lost. It’s frightening to think what would have happened if a patron had kicked it away.
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    Do The Wave With Flat-Screen TV's

    Typical Black Friday scene, which is ridiculous.

    All these people are standing around with the carts and their overcoats. And then they all pounce onto a box and start tearing out flat-screen TV's. Check out the video to your left starting at 4:00. It's like being at a rock concert and giving the band the wave. Except this time, it's with flat-screen TV's and instead of a mosh pit, it's a bunch of people trying to move away while behind them, people keep tossing TV boxes above them over and over again.

    And there's always some random guy filming it, as if he hopes he can get in on some action. The sad part is, he is filming it because he expects some kind of action to happen. That's how it goes if you want to a TV on Black Friday. Look at those Kevin James looking security guards too. Makes you feel safe, doesn't it?
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    Old Woman Trampled

    It seems like the saga of the madness trying to get into the store will never end. On Black Friday in 2005, all the people who waited in lines for hours at a Florida BrandSmart instinctively formed a mob mentality once the store opened and once again used the force of a hundred people to push themselves into the store. There was no mercy shown, especially towards senior citizens. One 73 year old woman was knocked down and back-stepped on again and again and there was nothing her poor daughter could do to help. One wonders if she was so slow when going in people tossed her aside like a rag doll.

    Source.
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    Plain-clothes security guard

    So among the many risks of Black Friday shopping, after the infamous stampede to enter the store and the fighting for the last of the half-priced XBoxes, there still are the lines and the lines and the lines and, not to mention, of course, the lines. Patience is a virtue, but it never was for this man who in 2005 cut in line at an Orlando Wal-Mart in hopes to get a bargain priced laptop.

    A plain-clothes security guard caught him and pinned him to the ground before hand-cuffing him.

    This wasn’t as ridiculous, though, as how those laptops were distributed. Customers formed a line where employees would hand them out, and instead customers found that the laptop were being thrown at them 20 feet into the air and it was up to them to grab their own. The scene plays out like a violent game of three flies up, with laptops. It’s a miracle none broke.

    As for the guy, security called the sheriff on him. But the sheriff himself fought with the security guard, because he mistook him for other customers. Makes sense. Whoever heard of a plain-clothes security guard being successful anyway?

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    Click here for video.
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    Distribution Frenzy

    So retailers have a choice. Since sales start at 5AM (well, usually, this year they're starting as early as 4AM, or even 10PM the night before -- we're looking at YOU Toys R Us), they can either open the store and let all the crowds spill in at once (and kill people) or they can let customers in overnight and allow them to gather at their items of choice and have them wait until 5 AM when employees open the packages ( This video remains a good example of what that's like. Think piranhas).

    At this Wal-Mart in Florida, people waiting to get GPS devices eventually got involved into a fight and somehow, GPS devices got thrown into the air. Needless to say, the employee had to start yelling at people to back up, but they probably got over-run anyway. Enough to to make the reporter commenting on the story want to get the hell out of the store.

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  1. Melodee Altavilla
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 5/30/2012 8:36 AM
    black friday deaths Why not
  2. moni
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 12/08/2011 6:35 PM
    :/ and i have to wright a assay about the cons of bfs i seee now its not that hard theres soooooooooo many cons it sadenss me :/
  3. Tommy
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/28/2011 8:53 PM
    This site reads like it was written by an 8 year old.
  4. Tiffany
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/27/2011 12:02 AM
    dang thats crazy. hey bill i saved 2 dollars off of a barbie. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS RUN OVER A THREE OLD AT WALMART LIKE SOME COW!!! were not humans were fricking animals!
  5. word nazi
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/25/2011 2:32 PM
    "eighth-month old pregnant woman" and "hooked on prescriptions drugs"? is the athor of this piece ESL?
  6. duhhh
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/22/2011 2:35 PM
    black friday sales go for like the whole weekend......
  7. Rye-rye
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/07/2011 7:54 PM
    Goes to show how selfish and stupid some people really are. Shame on them.
  8. JEROMY
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 10/20/2011 10:30 AM
    did you know they have the same deals online,lets get trampled and miscarry kids to save a dime that could of been done where? AT HOME!
  9. Decon
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 8/08/2011 7:27 PM
    People that are this f**king stupid and don't have the part of their brain that makes them human shouldn't have human rights. I'm sorry but these are little more than apes that understand currency. They should be treated like dangerous animals.
  10. KK
    Pregnant Woman Miscarried at 11/29/2010 1:48 PM
    Dumba**** !!! The women was in her Eighth month of pregnancy....Ian and Leigh ur mothers were eighth-month old pregnant women too
  11. cuthbert
    Old Woman Trampled at 11/28/2010 6:05 AM
    She is an old person, so she really doesn't count. Wasn't like it was anyone important.
    1. KK
      Old Woman Trampled at 11/29/2010 2:08 PM
      @cuthbert...ur always such an ass or are you trying to make an extra effort towards it?
  12. Leigh
    Pregnant Woman Miscarried at 11/27/2010 3:30 PM
    Lol, the pregnant woman was only 8 months old. How the heck did that happen?
  13. Ian
    Pregnant Woman Miscarried at 11/27/2010 2:45 PM
    What is an "eighth month old"?
  14. Brian
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/27/2010 10:26 AM
    How can there not be local ordinances that require police to be present for these types of events by now?
    1. Bored now
      13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/27/2010 6:20 PM
      WTF would THAT do?
  15. nugget
    Gift-Certificate Frenzy at 11/27/2010 7:38 AM
    actually it snows in california yearly. even in LA
  16. Chris Martin
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/27/2010 7:24 AM
    The Hillsborough Disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people,[1] all fans of Liverpool F.C. It remains the deadliest stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the worst ever international football accidents
  17. pierpont
    Pregnant Woman Wig at 11/27/2010 3:13 AM
    This article was worded beautifully!!!
  18. Pierpont
    Wal-Mart Deathly Stampede at 11/27/2010 3:09 AM
    What a bunch of total morons!!!
  19. Bob
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/26/2010 9:25 PM
    Americans are pretty f**king stupid, Cant wait till there is a zombie Crisis. Would be awesome to see how they go into chaos then :-)
    1. Rhode Island Red (& white & blue!)
      13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/27/2010 6:19 PM
      We would kick thier dead a$$es, torture a few, install one as a puppet dictator, and make the rest into slaves. Don't mess with the eagle, baybeeee! USA! USA! USA!
  20. Ryco
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/26/2010 9:20 PM
    So retarded. I work for a large american retailler, and I'm embarassed by this.
  21. Cali flakes
    Gift-Certificate Frenzy at 11/26/2010 7:48 PM
    It Does snow in California!!
  22. Peter Voth
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/26/2010 7:45 PM
    Here's an idea, Americans; how about you don't have black Friday? Do they really need to put everything on sale on the same day? No other country does this, because it's stupid.
    1. Mikey in DC
      13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/27/2010 6:15 PM
      I am not sure what rathole country you call home but I've lived in the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Spain and Italy for a minimum of three years each. I have traveled to at least a dozen other places for extended stays of up to a year (ah, Hawaii; magnificent!). I can assure you every country I have been in has a similar "crowd crush" season; it just isn't necessarily consumption based. As most other nationalities know, however, price is NOT the be-all and end-all of a purchase. The expertise of the staff, the atmosphere of the shop, convenience, etc., all are a normal part of the purchasing decision. Americans do not see this-- look at what they put up with from airlines for the perfect example-- and so are doomed to be crushed. Hey, other countries have their religious crowd crushings, their overloaded ferry capsizings (that does so count!), overcrowded train has brake failure, Mecca and its tramplings, the recent bridge stampede... are you getting the picture?
  23. Spoiler
    Pregnant Woman Miscarried at 11/26/2010 6:13 PM
    Valley Stream
  24. Erica
    Do The Wave With Flat-Screen TV's at 11/26/2010 5:08 PM
    Could you please have someone proof read your statements? There are missing words here and there making the statement sound completelt ridiculous.
    1. Allen
      Do The Wave With Flat-Screen TV's at 11/27/2010 7:14 AM
      Better check your own statement for errors, bud.
  25. allie
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/26/2010 3:49 PM
    It's insane what people go through to save those extra couple of bucks. A cop came into the gas station I work at and said there was a fist fight at the local Kohl at 3:30 this morning. I will not be going to any store until after January.
  26. Eric
    13 Most Brutal Black Friday Injuries/Deaths at 11/26/2010 3:36 PM
    go america

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