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warrior1

(12,325 posts)
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 07:41 PM Nov 2013

Is xmas really worth this: Woman Uses Stun Gun In Black Fri Brawl At Philadelphia Mall (warning)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/passantino/woman-uses-stun-gun-in-black-friday-brawl-at-philadelphia-ma

I'll thinking that this has been done before, maybe last year?!



Shocking video apparently shows a woman using a stun gun on another shopper during a vicious fight inside the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia on Black Friday.
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Is xmas really worth this: Woman Uses Stun Gun In Black Fri Brawl At Philadelphia Mall (warning) (Original Post) warrior1 Nov 2013 OP
So much for the hustle and bustle of happy crowds. Warpy Nov 2013 #1
I'm shocked with disbelief. Lancero Nov 2013 #2
so the guys got into a fight and then their partners started fighting each other ? JI7 Nov 2013 #3
my god Oscarmonster13 Nov 2013 #4
We live in a world where The Hunger Games is a very real possibility. Initech Nov 2013 #14
*sigh* sakabatou Nov 2013 #5
Last year a woman used pepper spray to break in line. Archae Nov 2013 #6
those of us who live around Philly know PCIntern Nov 2013 #7
Glad I didn't go shopping today. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #8
Animals Nolimit Nov 2013 #9
Evidently the sales were electrifying n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #10
Just what the spirit of Christmas is all about Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2013 #11
Why do I have this creepy feeling LadyHawkAZ Nov 2013 #12
Have a holly, jolly Christmas; Captain Stern Nov 2013 #13
It's kind of silly...isn't it.... RichGirl Nov 2013 #15
Just another day at Franklin Mills Mall Tree-Hugger Nov 2013 #16
Pretty much. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #17

Warpy

(111,397 posts)
1. So much for the hustle and bustle of happy crowds.
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 07:46 PM
Nov 2013

Some people are just nucking futz and need better arenas to compete in.

I hope they throw the book at that broad. Stun guns are potentially lethal.

JI7

(89,281 posts)
3. so the guys got into a fight and then their partners started fighting each other ?
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 07:58 PM
Nov 2013

what were they fighting over . it says at least one of the couples had a small kid.

Archae

(46,362 posts)
6. Last year a woman used pepper spray to break in line.
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 08:07 PM
Nov 2013

It's inevitable, someone will be in line, (Florida probably,) and will "stand his/her ground," shooting someone.

PCIntern

(25,612 posts)
7. those of us who live around Philly know
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 08:27 PM
Nov 2013

that that is one dangerous, mf-ing mall. Has its own police station...

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
8. Glad I didn't go shopping today.
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 08:33 PM
Nov 2013

Well, actually, we bought some cattle feed (kind of a necessity), but at least nobody yanked out a stun gun.

Nolimit

(142 posts)
9. Animals
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 08:35 PM
Nov 2013

Instead of throwing people who brawl over Elmo dolls and second-rate TVs in jail, they should put them in a zoo exhibit for a day or two.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,334 posts)
11. Just what the spirit of Christmas is all about
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:19 PM
Nov 2013

Beating each other in a mall at a time you should be in bed all because of some dumb door buster sale.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
12. Why do I have this creepy feeling
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:31 PM
Nov 2013

that somewhere in the upper echelons of these superwealthy retailers, there are executives laughing at all this?

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
13. Have a holly, jolly Christmas;
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:13 PM
Nov 2013

And when you walk down the street
Say Hello to friends you know
and everyone you meet

No major point to posting that. Just thought it seemed surreal to think of those lyrics backing the video.

RichGirl

(4,119 posts)
15. It's kind of silly...isn't it....
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:51 PM
Nov 2013

...to blame Christmas for assinine behavior. So is the stun gun lady a perfectly wonderful human being except when Christmas rolls around she becomes an idiot!! My guess is she's an idiot everyday of the year.

Christmas is whatever you make it. To me it's about peace and goodwill. It's about family and most of the gift giving is for the kids. Maybe to some Christmas is trudging through department stores elbowing fellow shoppers at the sales rack...but don't assume that we are all like that.

Tree-Hugger

(3,370 posts)
16. Just another day at Franklin Mills Mall
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 01:28 AM
Nov 2013

It only made the news because it's Black Friday, but this is typical for Franklin Mills. That mall is cray cray.

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