Atty: Trampled Man Had No Crowd Training
Man Who Died In New York Wal-Mart Stampede Was Temporary Worker
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Play CBS Video Video Black Friday Fatality The busiest shopping day of the year quickly turned tragic as a Wal-Mart store clerk was trampled to death by a mob of bargain hunters. This was the first Black Friday death.
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Video Store Worker Trampled, Dies "Caught On Tape": A worker at a Wal-Mart in Nassau County, N.Y. was given CPR after reportedly being trampled on by a throng of shoppers who broke down store doors. The unidentified man was later pronounced dead.
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Nassau County Police examine the front of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., Nov. 28, 2008, after a temporary Wal-Mart worker died after a throng of eager shoppers broke down the doors and trampled him. (AP)
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This still image from cell-phone video obtained by WCBS shows the unidentified Wal-Mart worker before he was transported to a hospital. (WCBS)
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Lawyer Jordan Hecht said Monday that Jdimytai Damour had been working at the Long Island store for only about a week when frenzied shoppers knocked him down on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, which is known for its huge sales.
Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey says a preliminary investigation shows Wal-Mart failed to provide adequate security outside the store.
Wal-Mart did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has said security precautions were in place.
Nassau County police say an autopsy found Damour died of asphyxiation related to his trampling.
Police were reviewing video from surveillance cameras in an attempt to identify who trampled to death Damour.
Criminal charges were possible, but identifying individual shoppers in Friday's video may prove difficult, said Detective Lt. Michael Fleming, a Nassau County police spokesman.
Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers stepped over him and became irate when officials said the store was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said.
At least four other people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for observation or minor injuries. The store in Valley Stream on Long Island closed for several hours before reopening.
Police said about 2,000 people were gathered outside the Wal-Mart doors before its 5 a.m. opening at a mall about 20 miles east of Manhattan. The impatient crowd knocked the employee, identified by police as Jdimytai Damour, to the ground as he opened the doors, leaving a metal portion of the frame crumpled like an accordion.
"This crowd was out of control," Fleming said. He described the scene as "utter chaos," and said the store didn't have enough security.
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See all 85 Commentsbut then too, it is the "I have to save that $0.50" mentality that drives normal people to do unpalatable things.
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Posted by oldguy4truth
And oh yes, the Titanic was another good example.
At Auschwitz , when they would open the crematorials after they would gass hundreds of victoms at a time, the scene was always the same. The stack of bodies wouls always go from the smallest children, the weak the sick the woman , then the strongest at the top where the last oxygen was. A mob will always form when they are Fear, Hate, and in this case greed. The sad part is I see this greed , selfishness, lack of common courtasy, everywhere I go. They are the People that break in lines at the food serving lines at resturants. At the gas pumps. And yes, at the food stamp office. My race , your reace, the human race.
Posted by mr22587 at 09:08 AM
That would have been the human race....
Every year on the shopping day after Thanksgiving the media shows video of crowds rushing into Wal Mart at various locations. It also has shown people being knocked down. The Police have determined Wal Mart did not provide adequate security in spite of what they say. Apparently the only thing a Corporate bigot like Wal Mart cares about is their profit.
Their reputation for not caring about employees proceeds itself. I don''t begrude a Corporation for wanting to make money, but they need to do so by doing all they can to insure the safety of their employees and customers.
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Posted by mr22587 at 09:06 AM : Dec 02, 2008
what are you ressurected from 1857 or something do humanity a favor and just SHUT UP!
Just look at your neighbor next door, this is a social problem based on greed and the love of the almighty dollar. No other stores have security for this type of problem either. Let Walmart alone and prosecute the perpetraters!!!!!
Did you listen to the women LAUGHING in the video? Scum.
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