Real Black Friday: Walmart Crowd Tramples to Death Inside Worker
Shoppers rushing into a Long Island Walmart minutes after 5 am the day after Thanksgiving trampled and killed a temporary employee who was doing work at the store. Retail security executives who did not wish to be quoted told Security Magazine and Zalud’s Blog that such crowd control situations are not rare and trampling injuries have occurred in previous years when shoppers – left out of stores all night – rush inside when store management opens the doors to people seeking limited number of on-sale products.
One of the “doorbusters” at the Walmart stores this year was 50-inch name-brand plasma televisions. Police reports indicate that a number of people were injured in the Long Island Walmart incident. Video is making the television, cable and Internet rounds with some witnesses suggesting that the crowd turned into a mob in part when shoppers did not see what they felt was needed security outside.