Tragedy at Wal-Mart and the Consumerization of Christmas

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Tragedy at Wal-Mart and the Consumerization of Christmas
      

On Friday, a Wal-Mart store clerk in Valley Stream, New York, was killed after throngs of "Black Friday" shoppers broke down the front doors and trampled over him as they rushed in, searching for post-Thanksgiving Day bargains.

The Associated Press reports that the impatient crowd knocked the man to the ground as he opened the store at 5 AM, leaving a metal piece of the door frame hanging "like an accordion."

When told by store personnel that an employee had been killed and that everyone must leave, members of the crowd responded with: "We've been on line since yesterday morning," and kept on shopping.
         

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