{"id":121787,"date":"2020-11-27T23:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T20:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths\/"},"modified":"2020-11-27T23:47:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T20:47:19","slug":"black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"#Black Friday&#8217;s most gruesome injuries and deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc696bb897\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc696bb897\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths\/#2008\" >2008<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths\/#2011\" >2011<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths\/#2012\" >2012<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths\/#2016\" >2016<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-fridays-most-gruesome-injuries-and-deaths\/#2018\" >2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Black Friday&#8217;s most gruesome injuries and deaths<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/black-friday-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        Black Friday could be one of our country\u2019s darkest days.<\/p>\n<p>The shopping holiday is a favorite for bargain hunters, but for many, it\u2019s one of the most dangerous outings \u2014 and the outcomes can be gruesome.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2006 and 2018, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehustle.co\/black-friday-deaths-injuries-data\/\">according to the Hustle<\/a>, 44 Black Friday incidents in America left 11 dead and 109 injured \u2014 including one man who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5116963\/Bargain-hungry-shoppers-battle-holiday-weekend.html\">brought home a shattered hip<\/a> after being shoved into a shelf of cut-rate presents.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s even an entire website devoted to tragedies on the commerce holiday, called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blackfridaydeathcount.com\/\">Black Friday Death Count<\/a>, which documents some of the worst melees.<\/p>\n<p>Danger be damned, customers are willing to put up with it so long as the sales are on. In 2018, stores raked in $6.2 billion in a single day, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/web\/shopping-totals-black-friday\/\">according to Digital Trends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some lowlights from more than a decade of holiday-season shopping violence.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2008\"><\/span>2008<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2008, a Walmart employee on Long Island was trampled to death when more than 2,000 enthusiastic gift-grabbers busted through the store\u2019s front door and could not be contained. This marks Black Friday\u2019s first stampede fatality.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2011\"><\/span>2011<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There were no deaths, but 20 were injured in North Carolina when an off-duty cop reportedly began pepper-spraying shoppers in 2011, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/duty-police-pepper-spray-nc-shoppers-1C7100928?streamSlug=businessmain\">NBC News reported<\/a>. \u201cHe was raining it over the whole crowd,\u201d a witness said. \u201cSome of it got my granddaughter in her face and eyes, and she had to go to the emergency room because she is asthmatic.\u201d Fellow cops seemingly covered for him by describing the \u201craining\u201d as a \u201cpuff of pepper spray.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2012\"><\/span>2012<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two people in Tallahassee, Florida, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/Two-People-Shot-at-Tallahassee-Walmart-Over-Parking-Space-Cops-180640081.html\">were shot over a parking spot<\/a>. Adding insult to injury, the victims never even made it into the mall for Black Friday savings.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2016\"><\/span>2016<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two people were shot in the parking lot of a South Jersey shopping mall. One died and the other was injured. But it was far from the only parking lot shoot-up.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by the outcome of a Walmart parking-lot argument in San Antonio, Black Friday is the wrong day to be a good Samaritan. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/true-crime\/wp\/2016\/11\/28\/a-good-samaritan-helped-a-woman-who-was-being-beaten-in-a-parking-lot-now-hes-dead\/\">According to The Washington Post<\/a>, in 2016, Isidro Zarate saw a man pulling a woman\u2019s hair. He told the guy to \u201ctake your hands off her.\u201d The hair-puller complied, only to reach for his gun and murder Zarate.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2018\"><\/span>2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One final lesson for those brave enough to shop on Black Friday: Keep your eyes to yourself. Following this advice might have prevented a man from being shot at a mall in Memphis, Tennessee. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/black-friday-2018-one-person-shot-memphis-mall\/KfX8d5mXgFSHDL0EVG3UxK\/\">According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a>, a shopper last year had the temerity to check out an \u201cattractive woman.\u201d Outside the mall, he got knocked out and shot by the woman\u2019s beau. An overexcited spectator then pulled out his own gun and began shooting. 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The shopping holiday is a favorite for bargain hunters, but for many, it\u2019s one of the most dangerous outings \u2014 and the outcomes can be gruesome. 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