The whole situation with the guy dying at Wal-Mart on Black Friday is very simple if you ask me. The police need to examine the video in order to identify as many of the crazed shoppers as possible – specifically those who trampled the man – and they need to prosecute those individuals. Wal-Mart bears some of the blame in this case, but certainly not enough that it should shoulder all of the negativity. It wasn’t some “Wal-Mart” entity that smashed this man into the ground – it was the uncaring, unsympathetic herd that trampled the guy. From the article:

Criminal charges were still possible, but identifying anyone in the store’s videos may prove difficult, said Nassau County police spokesman Detective Lt. Michael Fleming on Friday.

Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers stepped over him and became irate when officials said the store was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said.

Customers became irate because the store was closing due to the death?! Are you serious? Calling these people animals is disrespectful to the animal world. These people are savages.

It’s about personal responsibility. Those people who trampled the guy should be identified and charged with involuntary manslaughter. And if there is a charge for “stupidity,” they should be charged with that, too. What the hell could be so important that you have to step over and on another human being at 4am or 5am on the Friday after Thanksgiving? Did these people really want the high definition flat screen television that was marked down to $400? Did they want it so much that they had no concern for their fellow man that morning? It’s disgusting and I hope that the people who killed this man are identified and charged.