Year after year, the pubic is treated to videos and tales of, as Kyle Olson puts it, "Season's Beatings." Black Friday shoppers, consumed by "holiday cheer" and pent-up frustration after camping outside for more than a day fight each other and store employees to get that last $50 big-screen TV. Makes you wonder if Walmart and other big stores ever get used over someone getting seriously hurt. Brings new meaning to the term "shop at your own risk." It also makes you wonder why stores don't hire a cadre of security officers to keep order and peace.
It’s Black Friday, and you know what that means: People trading in their dignity for discounted toys and paper towels.
Two men brawled in the aisle of a Walmart on Thanksgiving evening. It’s not clear what the tussle was over, but women jumped in and cursed them out.
WSFA reports on the incident at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover:
Witnesses say they heard two separate rings of gunfire, with the incidents reportedly happening between JCPenny and Footaction near the food court. There is a heavy police presence outside the mall as authorities attempt to clear the area.
A woman told WVTM she was sitting near the area where the shooting occurred.
“We just heard a lot of pops — pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” the woman said.
“We’ll never do another Black Friday again. Ever. No more malls,” she said.
