Saturday, November 29, 2014

Here's A Roundup Of Black Friday Mayhem In America

It was a bit more tame in 2014 then in previous years, when general mayhem reigned. Also retailers said they made a fortune.



Shoppers wait to enter Macy's in New York City to kick off Black Friday sales.


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Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is a retail sales extravaganza that usually attracts general mayhem. This year was no different, though things did seem to be calmer than in previous years.


In Norwalk, California, officials said two women got into a pushing and shoving match over a Barbie doll. This happened on Thanksgiving evening, CBS reported:



Sheriff's Deputies has to be called to the Walmart store in the 11700 block of Imperial Highway after reports of the fight broke out.


Deputies were able to diffuse the situation and said no one was arrested.


"The whole thing was pretty stupid," said a shopper named Sonia, "that was very dumb."



This was the scene in Strafford, Texas, where a witness uploaded this video of people fighting over Samsung goods at a Wal-Mart.



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At a Michigan City, Indiana Wal-Mart, this guy in a Bears jersey wrestled a Sony speaker set away from other shoppers:





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