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The Wal-Mart Black Friday Death Blame Game

by Daniel Brenton on December 1, 2008

Just quickly:
Jdimytai Damour, a temporary employee for the Wal-Mart at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York, died by being trampled as a surging mob of Black Friday holiday shoppers knocked the doors off of their hinges at the 5:00 AM opening time.
Local authorities are reviewing the video of the incident and are searching [...]

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Preparing for Christmas with Manslaughter

by Daniel Brenton on November 29, 2008

We’ve all heard about this:
A temporary employee for the Wal-Mart at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York died as a stampede of Black Friday holiday shoppers surged into the store at the 5:00 AM opening time, knocking the doors off of their hinges and blocking efforts by other employees to aid those caught [...]

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