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Overhype for Black Friday by the [[liberal media]] is causing it to encroach on respect for [[Thanksgiving Day]].
Overhype for Black Friday by the [[liberal media]] is causing it to encroach on respect for [[Thanksgiving Day]].
==Black Friday, 2008==
==Black Friday Incidents and Controversies==
Due to the steep price cuts and limited supply of products offered by companies on Black Friday, there are many acts of violence and other incidents that have occurred.
In 2008, Black Friday reached a fever pitch when a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death and a pregnant woman was injured by a mob of shoppers breaking through the doors shortly before opening time. According to witnesses, the mob actually broke the doors off their hinges, and continued to trample in, even stepping on officers giving CPR to the trampled man. One witness said, "When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling, 'I've been on line since Friday morning!'...They kept shopping."<ref>http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-11-28/local/17910475_1_wal-mart-worker-long-island-wal-mart-jdimytai-damour/2</ref> A Wal-Mart employee later said, "I look at these people's faces and I keep thinking one of them could have stepped on him. How could you take a man's life to save $20 on a TV?"<ref>http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-11-28/local/17910475_1_wal-mart-worker-long-island-wal-mart-jdimytai-damour/2</ref>
In 2008, Black Friday reached a fever pitch when a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death and a pregnant woman was injured by a mob of shoppers breaking through the doors shortly before opening time. According to witnesses, the mob actually broke the doors off their hinges, and continued to trample in, even stepping on officers giving CPR to the trampled man. One witness said, "When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling, 'I've been on line since Friday morning!'...They kept shopping."<ref>http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-11-28/local/17910475_1_wal-mart-worker-long-island-wal-mart-jdimytai-damour/2</ref> A Wal-Mart employee later said, "I look at these people's faces and I keep thinking one of them could have stepped on him. How could you take a man's life to save $20 on a TV?"<ref>http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-11-28/local/17910475_1_wal-mart-worker-long-island-wal-mart-jdimytai-damour/2</ref>
On the same day, two men at a Toys R Us were killed in a shooting. Though initial reports suggested the shooting erupted over a shopping altercation, this was apparently not the case.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27957714</ref> The exact cause of the shooting is not clearly known.
On the same day, two men at a Toys R Us were killed in a shooting. Though initial reports suggested the shooting erupted over a shopping altercation, this was apparently not the case.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27957714</ref> The exact cause of the shooting is not clearly known.
In 2012,a man left his girlfriend's two year old in his car so he could pick up a tv, and got a separate ride home; the boy was rescued when K-Mart employees broke into his car<ref>http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/man-leaves-toddler-in-car-while-black-friday-shopping-at-massachussetts-kmart-for-tv</ref>.
Following the outrage sparked over the Wal-Mart incident, Black Friday has slightly declined in popularity, and the term has even been disfavored over other terms that do not have any negative connotation. (Despite some decline in Black Friday shopping, some retailers such as Old Navy recently started offering Thanksgiving ''Day'' sales similar to Black Friday sales.)
Following the outrage sparked over the Wal-Mart incident, Black Friday has slightly declined in popularity, and the term has even been disfavored over other terms that do not have any negative connotation. (Despite some decline in Black Friday shopping, some retailers such as Old Navy recently started offering Thanksgiving ''Day'' sales similar to Black Friday sales.)