A WalMart worker was stomped to death yesterday in the opening of a Valley Stream store on Black Friday. 

Jdimytai Damour of Jamaica, Queens,
was pushed to the ground by the 2,000-plus crowd just before 5 a.m. as
management was preparing to open the store, which is located across
from the main Green Acres Mall building. Hundreds stepped over, around
and on the 34-year-old worker as they rushed into the store.

“This crowd was out of control,” said Nassau Police Det. Lt. Michael Fleming, whose squad is investigating.

“Nobody was trying to help him,” said shopper Nakea Augustine,
who was in the line. “They were rushing in the store, rushing, rushing,
rushing.”

With the USA economy in ruins — to what are people rushing to
purchase?  An undying yearning for an HDTV?  A new must-have toy for
their child that every other parent has already purchased?  Is the
price of the advertising-inspired meme worth the cost of the death?

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  2. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    Black Friday was up 3% from last year, Gordon, so I think there’s some hope that people might be willing to spend some money. I guess the biggest indicator of consumer willingness to spend again in quantified in the purchase of big HDTVs.

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