Wal-Mart Brokers Deal in "Black Friday" Trampling Death

You might remember the case of Jdimytai Damour, 34, a temporary worker, who was shoved to the ground as he opened the doors to a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, NY and trampled to death on "Black Friday," last year. The family eventually sued, but on Wednesday Wal-Mart and prosecutors inked a deal that requires the retailer to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores, in exchange for avoiding criminal charges.

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Wal-Mart facing criminal charges?
What about the idiot culture dirt bags who actually trampled the poor man to death?

[Lance Winslow]

Anti-Teleprompter wrote:

Wal-Mart facing criminal charges?
What about the idiot culture dirt bags who actually trampled the poor man to death?

It's a "deep pockets" issue. None of them could cough up $2 million, but Wall-Mart can.

[Hannibal Barca]

I wonder what his very last "Hello welcome to Wal-Mart" sounded like?

[Hell-O Stupid Shoppers]

Hannibal Barca wrote:

I wonder what his very last "Hello welcome to Wal-Mart" sounded like?

ARGH!!! MuRPH!!! BLuRG!!! BLeeCH!!!!!!!

[just dont get it]

Anti-Teleprompter wrote:

Wal-Mart facing criminal charges?
What about the idiot culture dirt bags who actually trampled the poor man to death?

i agree, but the store knows the clientele they're catering to and should have provided ample security or safeguards against those savages.

[yernogood-]

Well thats a shame. Wal-Mart is horrible company but they are in absolutely no way responsible for this mans death. This is exactly why we are seen like such pigs around the world. My family has no monetary value. If they are killed in a horrible manner I will mourn my loss, but I will not seek menetary compensation to replace my loved one. These people are simple pigs.

[Russia1513]

yernogood- wrote:

Well thats a shame. Wal-Mart is horrible company but they are in absolutely no way responsible for this mans death. This is exactly why we are seen like such pigs around the world. My family has no monetary value. If they are killed in a horrible manner I will mourn my loss, but I will not seek menetary compensation to replace my loved one. These people are simple pigs.

..... yea, until it's YOU. You can say you would not, until you are experiencing it yourself. Then the tune changes. Your family has no monetary value til you have to figure out how to cough up $7k to bury one of them.

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just dont get it wrote:

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i agree, but the store knows the clientele they're catering to and should have provided ample security or safeguards against those savages.

What's the name of that movie where a group of British soldiers, holed up in a cabin and surrounded on all sides by an army of Zulu warriors, cranked up a Gatlin gun and started blasting away?

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Lance Winslow wrote:

<quoted text>It's a "deep pockets" issue. None of them could cough up $2 million, but Wall-Mart can.

Legal and moral merit aside, I understand why the victims lawyer would go after Walmart looking for money.
However, what about [criminal] charges against the shoppers who actually trampled the man to death?

[just dont get it]

Anti-Teleprompter wrote:

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What's the name of that movie where a group of British soldiers, holed up in a cabin and surrounded on all sides by an army of Zulu warriors, cranked up a Gatlin gun and started blasting away?

it was "zulu" (2004 w/michael caine) or it could have easily been "black friday - walmart style.

[Redkat]

Lance Winslow wrote:

<quoted text>It's a "deep pockets" issue. None of them could cough up $2 million, but Wall-Mart can.

How exactly do you suggest one prosecute an entire mob of people Sherlock?

[Redkat]

Hannibal Barca wrote:

I wonder what his very last "Hello welcome to Wal-Mart" sounded like?

Probably something like your mother trying to get her fat butt off the couch for her monthly hose off at the trailer park community pool.

[Redkat]

Lance Winslow wrote:

<quoted text>It's a "deep pockets" issue. None of them could cough up $2 million, but Wall-Mart can.

Try again Einstein, reading is fundamental. The family isn't getting a cent. Wal-Mart is donating the money (tax write-off)to some social services program.

[Redkat]

yernogood- wrote:

Well thats a shame. Wal-Mart is horrible company but they are in absolutely no way responsible for this mans death. This is exactly why we are seen like such pigs around the world. My family has no monetary value. If they are killed in a horrible manner I will mourn my loss, but I will not seek menetary compensation to replace my loved one. These people are simple pigs.

How embarrassing for you that you don't know your rights as a citizen. Any retail establishment is required by law to have insurance to coverage the costs of incidents involving their employees. They are LIABLE for any and all injuries sustained during the time you are on their property and being paid by them as a worker. Would all of those people have been at Wal-Mart had Wal-Mart not invited them with the promise of a huge sale? The answer is no, furthermore this is not the first incident of a person being injured or trampled at a Wal-Mart Black Sunday sale. NOt to mention countless other sales like this where people have become violent fighting over merchandise. The obvious problem is of course that the worker was black, and the crowd was predominantly black. So we hear words like they were acting like "savages". I cannot believe that there are people that believe Wal-Mart is free from any wrong doing.

2.Most cities require crowd control and a permit when you create a mass gathering and there must be enough people on hand to direct and control the crowds something like 1 for every 100 people.Did Wal-Mart have adequate crowd control? Answer:1 employee dead

Wal-Mart would still be liable even if the guy didn't work there. His death was caused by no negligence of his own. He was by the door standing where he had been instructed to be.

[just dont get it]

Redkat wrote:

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How exactly do you suggest one prosecute an entire mob of people Sherlock?

one word.....paddywagon. think about it!

[just dont get it]

Redkat wrote:

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The obvious problem is of course that the worker was black, and the crowd was predominantly black. So we hear words like they were acting like "savages".

for your information, a customer on the news that night - A BLACK FEMALE CUSTOMER, I MIGHT ADD - called them savages. if you're a savage, you're a savage...whether you're black or white. AND I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ACTING.

[Anti-Teleprompte r]

What about criminal charges against the people who trampled on the poor guy?
There was security tape footage of incident.

Let's assume that a crowd of mostly white people had trampled that black man; would the investigation and legal case have been handled any differently?

[yernogood-]

Russia1513 wrote:

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..... yea, until it's YOU. You can say you would not, until you are experiencing it yourself. Then the tune changes. Your family has no monetary value til you have to figure out how to cough up $7k to bury one of them.

So you recon you know me well enough to say that. You know I have never buried someone in my family? You must be voltar the all knowing.

[yernogood-]

Redkat wrote:

<quoted text> How embarrassing for you that you don't know your rights as a citizen. Any retail establishment is required by law to have insurance to coverage the costs of incidents involving their employees.

How embarrassing for you not to know the prices won’t be rolled back because wal-mart had to pay out a settlement they were not responsible for.

Redkat wrote:

<quoted text> Would all of those people have been at Wal-Mart had Wal-Mart not invited them with the promise of a huge sale? The answer is no,

Actually the answer is yes. They are a retail establishment in most areas open seven days a week. Yes the people would have been there.

Redkat wrote:

<quoted text> NOt to mention countless other sales like this where people have become violent fighting over merchandise. The obvious problem is of course that the worker was black, and the crowd was predominantly black. So we hear words like they were acting like "savages". I cannot believe that there are people that believe Wal-Mart is free from any wrong doing.

Anyone that gets in physical fight in public is a savage. Wal mart did absolutely nothing wrong but open their store.

Redkat wrote:

<quoted text> 2.Most cities require crowd control and a permit when you create a mass gathering and there must be enough people on hand to direct and control the crowds something like 1 for every 100 people.Did Wal-Mart have adequate crowd control? Answer:1 employee dead

Most cities? Did this one?

[Redkat]

yernogood- wrote:

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How embarrassing for you not to know the prices won’t be rolled back because wal-mart had to pay out a settlement they were not responsible for.
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Actually the answer is yes. They are a retail establishment in most areas open seven days a week. Yes the people would have been there.
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Anyone that gets in physical fight in public is a savage. Wal mart did absolutely nothing wrong but open their store.
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Most cities? Did this one?

[[How embarrassing for you not to know the prices won’t be rolled back because wal-mart had to pay out a settlement they were not responsible for.]]

Wal-Mart is the largest retail corp in the WORLD! I doubt very seriously that they will miss 2 million dollars. A single store makes that in a month.

[[Actually the answer is yes. They are a retail establishment in most areas open seven days a week. Yes the people would have been there.]]

OK, that was a joke, right? Please tell me you are not this naive. Name the Wal-Mart that frequently on a average business day has 3000 people waiting in line to get in.

[[Anyone that gets in physical fight in public is a savage. Wal mart did absolutely nothing wrong but open their store.]]

Wal-Mart INVITED the people there by mass advertising a sale on electronics and other items and selling them in limitied quantaties to draw people to the store to start their Christmas. Limited quantities implies "first come first serve" meaning the mob bears the burden of being first. Desperate people do stupid stuff. I was in a hurricane last year and I saw the same thing, people fighting over ice and supplies, while others cut in a line that was about 600 people long.(they were mostly white)

[[Most cities? Did this one?]]

Every city/county has some sort of laws in place regarding mass gatherings including Nassau County. Wal-Mart used barricades and their existing workers.

All of this however is irrelevant. The DA would never have charged them if they had not violated any laws.