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LOS ANGELES — Shootings, fights and a pepper spray attack marred the Black Friday stampede of bargain hunters that traditionally kicks off the US holiday shopping season after the Thanksgiving holiday.
In the most sensational incident, a woman pepper-sprayed other shoppers at a Los Angeles area Wal-Mart store to beat out fierce competition for sought-after electronics merchandise during a "doorbuster" sale.
The woman, an unidentified Hispanic in her 30s, was "trying to get advantage over the items being sold on sale," when she turned a can of mace on the other customers, Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant J. Valle said.
He said at least 10 customers, including children, were injured during the incident at a Wal-Mart store in the Porter Ranch neighborhood and had filed police complaints.
A fire department spokesman told the Los Angeles Times that 20 people were treated for injuries from the incident, many complaining of burning in their throats and skin and eye irritations.
"People started screaming, pulling and pushing each other, and then the whole area filled up with pepper spray," Alejandra Seminario told the Times.
"I did not want to get involved. I was too scared. I just stayed in the toy aisle."
The woman slipped out of the store before police arrived, and authorities were still trying to identify her, Valle said.
"It was chaotic, just crowded and we're trying to see whether this person was on the (surveillance) video or whether she made any purchases," he said.
He said the woman would face felony battery charges, with jail time and fines, if she's caught.
In another Black Friday incident, a shopper was in "critical but stable" condition after would-be robbers shot him in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in San Leandro, California, police Sergeant Mike Sobek told AFP.
The man and his shopping companions were approached by "several" assailants after 1:00 am as they walked to their car.
One suspect was arrested but it was unclear whether he was the shooter, and the gun was not recovered.
A pair of attackers shot a 55-year-old woman in the foot at a parking lot near a Wal-Mart in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, during another apparent robbery attempt, Sergeant Janet Hardee said. They also hit her son over the head with a gun as he tried to defend his mother.
The attackers were driven off by the woman's sister, who fired shots into the air from her own gun.
Police also were looking for at least two suspects who unleashed chaos after firing shots at a Fayetteville, North Carolina mall, The Fayetteville Observer reported.
"It's scary because I have young children and my niece was with me so what if one of those bullets had hit her or someone who had nothing at all to do with that," shopper Eddrena Wiggins told ABC11-WTVD television. "And it's like, they didn't think about the other people that were here.
And in Kissimmee, Florida, the Orlando Sentinel said a man was arrested after taking a swing at police officers as they wrestled him to the ground to stop a fight at a Wal-Mart jewelry counter.
A brawl also broke out in the electronics department of a Wal-Mart in Rome, New York, shortly after midnight, WSYR television reported. Two people were taken to hospital.
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The last video is actually impressive that once people realized some had fallen they stopped, turned around and started stopping others from further trampling. I didn't expect that.
Look these people are straight pathetic. It's not like they're fighting over FOOD...it's MATERIAL goods...LUXURIES...if you have to fight like this to get them, maybe you shouldn't have them. I'm sympathetic to those who want nice things but are on a budget for whatever financial setbacks they have experienced in their lives, but for people to behave this way, it's BARBARIC. When I used to work at Future Shop during Boxing Days, if anyone got out of line, I'd make them leave the store. People are welcome to come and shop but they have to abide by rules of the store and simply rules of society.
These big box brands should have some sort of responsibility in this making sure the sales are being conducted properly and efficiently. Why the fuck do you let customers open up garbage bags of goods themselves!? It's to create hype and make it seam like it's better than it is. The stores and managers should have some responsibility in making sure everything runs smoothly AND safely. You let in a certain number of people in first, then the next, or you have your employees delegate which items consumers can pick up themselves and which items need to be given to them by an employee. This is straight crazy.
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its not customers are going to act any different from year to year. stores should take the prior years as examples to what could happen to better control the outburst.
It's crazy to see what people would do to save a couple dollars. Screw common sense and showing any humanity, "that's my damn tv!"
are ppl there that poor? is it even worth the dollars saved to go thru that
The sick thing is, its totally about "being there". Most of these people just want to be apart of it like it is some sort of competition...its not about saying "hey, i got a waffle maker for $2", its about saying, "I punched this fat bitch in the gut and jumps over another one to rip a $2 waffle maker out of the hand of some dude!".
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Most of the people that do lineup for the sales are the ones complaining about the economy and having no job, but turn around and spend $200 on a TV they do not need. It's ridiculous how some people think when it comes to needs and wants. Sure it may be a good deal now but as trends follow, everything will be cheaper in time. (well electronics at least with the newest and best coming out every couple months) I understand people want to save money when ever possible, but if you have to resort to act like an untamed animal, it's not worth it.
The last video is actually impressive that once people realized some had fallen they stopped, turned around and started stopping others from further trampling. I didn't expect that.
0:09. 0:29. 0:55
the black guys didnt give a single fuck especially the one at 0:55 LOL
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