It seems some people live courtesy, common sense and reason behind in the hunt of Black Friday deals
As we’ve noted, Black Friday is a holiday tradition for which millions of Americans deprive themselves of sleep to buy discounted goods for their families or themselves. Of those millions, a few dozen or hundred lose perspective/their minds and turn violent when they can’t get the on-sale item they desire. Here the craziest Black Friday shopping videos showing the unfortunate few brawling in big box stores around the country.
Here’s a CNN report that discusses and shows video from several fights over big screen TVs.
Also via CNN, here’s aclip of a brawl at a mall at the Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto, California.
A #BlackFriday fight broke out at the Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto, California https://t.co/NiTQZ6wPW0 pic.twitter.com/LXuHbLsYiz
— CNN (@CNN) November 26, 2016
A fight broke out in a parking lot at the Houston Premium Outlet in Houston, Texas early Friday morning over a parking lot, according to KRPC. “I just couldn’t believe they were fighting like this on a day where we’re supposed to give thanks,” the person who shot the video told the local news station.
And here’s a compilation of several Black Friday fights, all of which purportedly took place this year.
Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, originated in the 1950s/60s in Philadelphia, where police used the term to describe the chaotic traffic, crowds and shipping accompaning the start the holiday shopping season. While later rebranded by retailers to signify moving from “in the red” to “in the black” (profitability), it evolved from a regional headache into a national shopping frenzy by the 1980s.
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