Jdimytai Damour

Jdimytai Damour

Jdimytai Damour, 34, was the Wal-Mart employee who was trampled to death by a wave of early morning Black Friday shoppers Nov. 28, 2008, in Long Island, New York.

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Jdimytai Damour Death Remembered as Black Friday Looms

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Jdimytai Damour died the day after Thanksgiving last year when he was trampled to death while working at a New York Wal-Mart where shoppers had lined up to rush into the store and nab the best deals of the store's annual Black Friday sale. Jdimytai Damour This year, the corporate giant responsible for providing some of the cheapest deals in the market place is taking precautions to insure that another such death doesn't occur. As part of a legal agreement in which Wal-Mart admitted no culpability in the death of Jdimytai Damour, the store is implementing a number of safety measures. Most notably, Wal-Mart ... Read Full Story

Wal-Mart Caused Black Friday Tragedy

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The NY Times report below attempts to place an ethical question onto this tragedy, but misses the point. Americans have been brainwashed into believing they are only as good, successful, and worthy as the things they own. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales present the facts with clarity as well as compassion. Their interview with Patrick Purcell of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 and Savriti D, Director of Rev. Billy's Church of Stop Shopping, discusses the conditions which were created by a corporate giant. Wal-Mart saved money and murdered a man who went to his job one morning but will ... Read Full Story

Are gang initiations killing innocent Wal-Mart shoppers?

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Cops in Southern Georgia say that recent threats of gang initiation killings at Wal-Mart are uncredited threats. The urban legend of gangs requiring members to kill innocent shoppers at stores like Wal-Mart and Target have run rampant before, but this initiation threat sent some residents into a tizzy. Residents of Valdosta, Georgia received text messages and e-mails warning them to stay away from area Wal-Marts. The messages warned that gangs have infiltrated the department stores and will be carrying out initiation killings on innocent shoppers. Cops say there is no merit behind the threats, and that these type of gang initiation threats have become ... Read Full Story

Wal-Mart Is About To Get Hit Up For Some Stacks

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From:   filthyrag.com
How can a sale be so important to people that they would trample and kill someone without a second thought: The family of a worker trampled to death in a “Black Friday” crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts “created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety” that led to “crowd craze.” The lawsuit claims that besides failing to provide adequate security for a pre-dawn crowd estimated at 2,000, Wal-Mart “engaged in specific marketing and advertising techniques to specifically attract a large crowd and create an environment of frenzy and ... Read Full Story

Investigation of NY Wal-Mart trampling death ends

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A New York prosecutor is ending a criminal investigation into the post-Thanksgiving trampling death of a temporary employee at a Long Island Wal-Mart. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice's office says the prosecutor and a Wal-Mart vice president will announce an agreement Wednesday that calls for the company to improve safety measures and provide funding for victims. No criminal charges are expected. Jdimytai (jim-mee-TREE') Damour (Di-MOHR'), a temporary worker at Wal-Mart's Valley Stream store, was trampled to death by hundreds of bargain-hunters who entered the store on Black Friday 2008. Four others were injured. Police said afterward that retailers are responsible for crowd control ... Read Full Story
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Black Friday crowd control
A year after an unruly crowd trampled a worker to death at a Wal-Mart store, America's retailers are preparing for another Black Friday, the blockbuster shopping day after Thanksgiving.Along with offering $300 laptops and $99 navigation devices, stores are planning new safety measures to make sure the festive day does not take another deadly turn.Last year, frenzied shoppers at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., trampled Jdimytai Damour, a...  
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Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling ...
You may recall that last year, a man named Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death in the crush of a Walmart crowd eager to score Black Friday deals. This year, Walmart is taking steps to prevent another tragic incident.  
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Wal-Mart implements Black Friday safety regulations
GENEVA — A year after a temporary employee on Long Island was trampled to death in the holiday rush, area Wal-Marts will take special crowd-control measures to make it safer for Black Friday shoppers, and the Geneva store will be open Thanksgiving Day.  
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Local Wal-Mart increases 'Black Friday' security
LAKE PARK-- Almost everyone you talk to likes the deals, but not the crowds, that come with Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving filled with blockbuster deals. But last year an unruly crowd trampled to death a worker at a Long Island Wal-Mart...  
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Wal-Mart amps up hours, crowd control for Black Friday
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Black FridayWal-Mart (WMT) won't close Thanksgiving weekend -- not at all. The world's largest retailer is going to keep its stores open 24 hours in an attempt to manage demand for entry during the busiest shopping days of the year. The company has announced it will also implement other crowd-control measures. The festivities start at 5 AM on November 27, 2009. Of course, this doesn't involve any change fro the Wal...  
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Wal-Mart Black Friday 2009 Deals: Amazing Deals at Wal-Mart at 2009 Black...
Wal-Mart Black Friday 2009 deals are hot. Wal-Mart has many Black Friday deals during 2009 sure to please any Wal-Mart shopper. The Wal-Mart ad is one of the most highly anticipated Black Friday 2009 ads, as Wal-Mart isContributor: Meg C.Published: Nov 13, 2009  
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Wal-Mart pulling all-nighter Thanksgiving to avoid customer logjam
Section: Gadgets / Other, Miscellaneous Just the mention of Black Friday brings to mind two thing: great deals and insane crowds fighting to get them.  Wal-Mart hopes to change the latter part by opening stores on Thanksgiving Day and staying open through Black Friday encouraging a steady flow of traffic instead of crazy mobs ready for deals at 6 am. Last year, the retailer received a lot of negative press after one employee died after being...  
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