Walmart Madness #115! Massive Protests And Frenzied Violence Mar Walmart's "Black Friday Sale"

Well.  I never EVER have to go looking for a Walmart story to post.  In my ordinary hunt for news they simply are there,  ripe for the plucking,  and I am even able to be picky about the stories I post.  But since today is "Black Friday" I decided to do an odd thing;  I went to Google News and entered "Walmart Wal-mart" into the search field,  what I saw just on the first page was,  well,  not surprising.

And to think,  the day has just begun really,  it's not even noon yet.  To be fair "Black Friday" technically started when they opened last night though,  I see a few stories from then.  Here are a few highlights so far:

"Defying the nation’s top employer and a business model that defines the new U.S. economy, Wal-Mart employees and allies will try to oust shopping headlines with strike stories, and throw a retail giant off its heels on what should be its happiest day of the year. By day’s end, organizers expect 1,500 total protests in cities ranging from Los Angeles, Calif., to Wasilla, Alaska, including arrests in nine cities: Seacaucus, New Jersey; Alexandria, Virginia; Dallas; Minneapolis; Chicago; Seattle; and Ontario, San Leandro, and Sacramento, California.

“Like my mom always said, ‘You see something that’s not right, it’s your turn to fix it,” said 45-year-old Chicago Wal-Mart employee Myron Byrd, who plans to be arrested in his first act of civil disobedience today. “And you can’t do it by yourself — you have to do it with others.”

Read that fine story at SALON

MAN ARGUES WITH WALMART MANAGER OVER TV,  ATTACKS COP,  GETS PEPPER SPRAYED

"charged with disorderly conduct, aggravated assault on a police officer and resisting arrest, according to Garfield police. It's not clear what the suspect and manager were arguing over at the busy department store.

According to the Star-Ledger, the suspect became belligerent during the argument and started attacking a Garfield police officer when the manager called for help. A police department official told the paper that officers had to use pepper spray to subdue the man."

SOURCE 

 POLICE SHOOT SHOPLIFTER THAT HAD A COP DRAGGING FROM HIS CAR

“As officers approached the front door, one of the two subjects ran out the door into the parking lot” and the officer chased him to a waiting car, Turvey said.

“The officer was struggling with the subject as he got into the car and then the car started to move as the officer was partially inside the car. The officer was dragged quite some distance. He couldn’t get out,” Turvey said.

The wounded driver and the dragged officer were both taken for hospital treatment of non-life-threatening shoulder injuries, and three people were arrested, Turvey said.

SOURCE

POLICE OFFICER INJURED AFTER BLOODY BRAWLS ERUPT WHEN MANAGER OPENS WALMART EARLY

"The injured officer was transported to St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino with a broken wrist, police officials said.

A Walmart manager said the doors were originally scheduled to open at 8 p.m. but with the more than 3,000 people in line they made the decision to open the doors early, which police said led to the melee.

Police said there were three fights total shortly after 7 p.m. at the store at 1610 S. Riverside Ave., two of which were inside over merchandise and the third outside that caused injury to the officer."

SOURCE

STABBING OVER WALMART PARKING SPOT

"In Virginia, two men were arrested after a stabbing in a fight over a parking space at a Walmart in Claypool, Va. WVVA-TV reports Ronnie Sharp, 61, threatened Christopher Jackson, 35, with a rifle and then cut him in the arm with a knife.

Sharp is charged with malicious wounding and brandishing a firearm. Jackson was treated at an area hospital and charged with disorderly conduct and assault and battery, both misdemeanors."

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And on and on.  I'm sick of posting so I'll leave with you with some video.  HAPPY HOLIDAYS! :)