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Black-eye Friday: shoppers brawl for bargains

It’s being referred to as Black-eye Friday.

Retail stores across the US, including Walmart, were forced to deal with the wild brawling of customers after opening the doors on Thursday evening for the official start of “Black Friday.”

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Mayhem unfolds on shop floors.

According to the New York Daily News, tempers flared among shoppers in Kentucky, Texas and Louisiana as law enforcement agencies struggled to keep control

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At a Louisville mall on Thanksgiving night, shoppers wrestled each other to the ground in a packed food court.

In one store, women became violent over the purchase of a TV. Elsewhere, onlookers gawked at the sight of two unidentified men slapping, punching and tearing at each other’s shirts.

 

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It’s unclear who or what sparked the fight or if the assailants will face criminal charges.

At least one participant in the fight was shown being ushered out of the food court by his friends. He made sure to pick up a shopping bag he had dropped on the floor.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXvwOCxFAT8

Melee at Louisville, Kentucky mall

In addition, a fight video circulated on social media early Friday showed a scuffle between a group of men at a mall in Florence.

In both videos, onlookers shouted `World Star’, a reference to a hip hop website that aggregates fight videos into monthly compilations.

In El Paso, Texas, a man can be seen swinging wildly at a police officer during an ugly brawl at Walmart caught on video.

Big crowds drawn to Black Friday have drawn scrutiny for unruly behavior, especially after the 2008 trampling death of a Walmart worker in Long Island.

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