Black Friday Death Count

[icymist]

This is a web site that has been collecting information about deaths and injuries on Black Friday since 2006. As of this writing there have been 5 deaths and 81 injuries.

http://blackfridaydeathcount.com/

[warrant46]

1. Looks like most of the "action" is at Walmart

[DonCoquixote]

2. as someone that got their groceries at target today

I avpided wal mart like the pague, especially as last year, there was a riot because the dimbulb manager started tossing stuff to the crowd.

[Th1onein]

3. Tossing stuff?

What was he tossing? And why?

[maced666]

4. That seems really low for an activity involving tens of millions each year.

Concerts and sporting events produce worse statistics.

[Lobo27]

5. Apparently at the mall here in Mesquite, Tx...

A massive brawl broke out, its nice mall, people on FB were saying it was crazy crazy.

[Gore1FL]

6. Odd that there were two pepper spray events in 2011 that injured exactly 20 each. n/t

[sakabatou]

7. As of that site and year, 13 injuries, 1 death

[backwoodsbob]

8. the Virginia man stabbed story is my local store

it's about a mile from my shop.
When I heard about it my first thought was it was probably someone from my shop