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.
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a New York 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." In simple terms, the advertising made people do it. Please. As many of you know, by day, I own and run a small, full-service advertising agency based in Toronto. While I do believe strongly in the power of the... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
…The phrase “ Black Friday ” took on a different, much uglier meaning.
I’m sure many of you heard, or read about it. Most of the headings being a variation of this:
Wal-Mart Employee Trampled To Death On Black Friday
High cost of low price - the understatement of the day
All I can say is fuck that.
His name was Jdimytai Damour and he was 34 years old.
“ Wal-Mart Employee”…even in death this man is being trampled .
He was a son, a brother, a friend. Most importantly, he was a... Read Full Story
Less than a week after a mad dash at a Long Island, N.Y. Wal-Mart for post-Thanksgiving sales killed one employee, two customers are suing the store. A temporary worker was crushed to death early Friday morning when shoppers rushed into the store. Jdimytai Damour, 34, died as he and other employees attempted to unlock the doors of a store at 5 a.m. Friday. An autopsy discovered that Damour died of asphyxiation after being trampled. Customers Fritz Mesadieu, 51, and Jonathan Mesadieu, 19... Read Full Story
The number of lawsuits against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. increased by one today as the family of the part-time employee killed in last week's post-Thanksgiving incident at a Long Island, N.Y. store is suing. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, follows the Black Friday event when shoppers surged through a Wal-mart at 5 a.m., knocking a number of people to the ground. Jdimytai Damour, 34, who had been assigned to work security as an independent contractor, was knocked to the ground by the... Read Full Story
NEWS BRIEF
Cops in Long Island say they warned Wal-Mart about the possibility of a horrible accident by offering limited qualities of hot items at a low cost.
In this video, Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvy even called the sales tactic a "recipe for disaster."
CNN is reporting that several of the people injured in the black Friday stampede that killed 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour. The lawsuit filed on behalf of the injured shoppers claims "carelessness, recklessness, negligence... Read Full Story
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