Black Friday is never fun. You get cheap stuff, but the insane crowds and queuing in the cold isn't a laugh. But for some this year the night went very wrong.
According to an LA Times report (via Kotaku), mass shoving broke out in the games section of the store before one woman thought it a good idea to bust out the pepper spray and empty it into the faces of fellow shoppers.
"People started screaming, pulling and pushing each other, and then the whole area filled up with pepper spray," said one shopper. "They had been sprayed in the face, it looked like, and they had swelling of the face, really extreme swelling of face, redness, coughing," added another.
Meanwhile, the grandfather of a young boy shopping for games at the Buckeye Wal-Mart in Arizona had his face smashed on the ground by police who thought he was shoplifting.
Reports of what actually happened are conflicting, but a Fox Phoenix report (thanks Destructoid) says the boy was being trampled by a crowd hellbent on grabbing up cheap games when his grandfather tucked games he was holding into his belt to free up hands to pick up the boy. This is when police charged in and slammed him face-first into the ground.
A YouTube video of the scene show the man being cuffed as he's held face-down in a pool of blood.
From now on we're sticking to online shopping.
Comments
18 comments so far...
KMakawa on 28 Nov '11 said:
That video is downright atrocious, and shoplifting or not.. he should sue them for brutality.
Barca Azul on 28 Nov '11 said:
I'm speechless, still its the USA, but even so.
Its no wonder Amazon sell crap loads of stuff, at least you don't have to run the gaunlet with the postman!
Cogglesz on 28 Nov '11 said:
Its terrible how these law power hungry abusers get away with this s**t 99% of the time, beating up a grandpa i mean what the f**k?
TheLastDodo on 28 Nov '11 said:
I wish I could say I was surprised but some people just like being stupid.
nihilism on 28 Nov '11 said:
kool just like in videogames
Buddha on 28 Nov '11 said:
I could understand if they were queuing for the latest WoW game - otherwise, totally unacceptable.
slick loose on 28 Nov '11 said:
Terrible...Black Friday on Amazon was terrible, I thought It was supposed to have amazing deals?
I'm as shocked as you are
SeanSMEGHEAD on 28 Nov '11 said:
Its all those violent games they play. Get a new hobby I say....
Anyone wanna see my collection of scabs?
rhyfel on 28 Nov '11 said:
where people devolve into animals just for a bargain, "where greed is good" NOT.
RichPerry on 28 Nov '11 said:
Spend a day giving thanks for what you have, then trample people into the ground trying to get more stuff. IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY!
sudspeed on 28 Nov '11 said:
wow.. just wow.. i watched thta video and after seeign what cops do for the federal government at PEACEFUL protests.. i think our law enforcement system needs a SERIOUS ass kicking. so the guy shoved some games up his shirt, big deal until the officer could be ABSOLUTELY 100% certain he was goign to STEAL he had NO right. the man made no break for an exit, or even attempted to go for an exit, he was simply trying to grab his grandson. and because some bald four eyed JACKASS wanted to assume the guy got literally KNOCKED out and probably has broken nose and cheek bones, also the official statement from the cheifs assisting was he was resisting AFTER beign hurt, yet he was unconcious AFTER being hurt, so any resisting is purely subconcious and probably NON EXISTANT!! so the cover story to save the officers ass has already begun. there are moves and ways to put a person down WITHOUT makign them faceplant like that, not to mention an officer is SUPPOSE to be able to pass a physical and that man would definitely NOT be a challange for a PROPERLY conditioned officer in terms of strength.
try4life on 28 Nov '11 said:
every year it's the same thing on black friday,so why don't they just leave blacks shop when ever they want too, besides one day of the year.
martinawatson on 28 Nov '11 said:
new game from the dark souls creator , "so hard you cant even walk out of the shop with it.
JBoo on 28 Nov '11 said:
Coming soon - 'GTA:Black Friday' lol & "Gamers standing in line for cheap Xbox consoles" Why am i not surprised to read that.
gmcb007 on 28 Nov '11 said:
The true images of consumer sheep. It just shows how far some people go to gain some possessions.
corkscru74 on 28 Nov '11 said:
Shoplifting or not? I would say not. Unless the guy has actually left the store without attempting to pay for them he hasn't done anything wrong.
I think it's sickening the way some people behave on Black Friday. Obviously we only ever see the worst cases but still!
The Bossman on 28 Nov '11 said:
Where's the terminator when you need him eh.
Billybob21 on 28 Nov '11 said:
@sudspeed
I KNOW your're UPSET about this situation, but there ARE greater issues a foot. Namely this ISSUE in which KEY words in sentences are MYSTERIOUSLY becoming all CAPITAL letters. f**k sake!