New York Man trampled and killed on Black Friday.

[skindnef]

Unbelievable !!!

That made me think of Wall of death. No one was seriously injured in that.
Fuck, that must have been a terrible death. My condolences to his loved ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqK_0BbZGJY&NR=1

 

[TJ]

While I do think the store should have formed a line I really don't think the full blame is on Wal-Mart. Either way, the Best Buy in my area was pretty smart in that they had 2 officers at the front door who would let roughly 20 people in, hold the line for several seconds, let 20 people in, etc, etc.

It's very hard to decide whether or not the people who ran over the guy should be held accountable. I'm just looking at it from a court perspective...

 

[Samoan-Z]

It's very hard to decide whether or not the people who ran over the guy should be held accountable. I'm just looking at it from a court perspective...

Ditto, Wal-Mart cannot "legally" be held accountable morally however they can.

 

[Ryeland]

It's very hard to decide whether or not the people who ran over the guy should be held accountable. I'm just looking at it from a court perspective...

Its not that hard. The people who knocked the doors in performed a careless action which led to the death of a person. This is no different than a drunk driver killing someone. The drunk driver didn't intend on that outcome, but that's what came out of their poor judgment.

Wal-Mart should be held somewhat accountable for not making sure that the safety of the public and employee's was properly ensured. However the primary blame for this is on the people who knocked in the doors. To absolve these people of responsibility for this is to tell people that you need not worry about your actions.