The family of Jdimytai Damour, the worker killed last Friday at the Long Island Wal-mart he was providing security for, are suing Wal-mart as well as the mall the store was housed in. As well they should. The company is utterly complicit in this death, through the ways they stoke mass hysterics and do nothing to contain crowds. (If Oak Park can handle a midnight release of the fifth, sixth, and seventh Harry Potter books without a stampede, then an international chain should be able to, too!) People can do strange, mean things when in crowds, and a store that intentionally creates crowds but refuses to take responsibility for them is a menace to society. Maybe if they have to pay for their evil ways, they’ll take a little more care next time.
Killed Wal-mart worker’s family sues
December 3, 2008 at 10:52 pm (Christians, Worldliness)
Tags: Black Friday, Christmas, Damour, stampede, Walmart