Black Friday Brawl at Buckeye Walmart
Updated: Friday, 25 Nov 2011, 5:06 AM MST
Published : Friday, 25 Nov 2011, 4:57 AM MST
BUCKEYE, Ariz. - Black Friday kicked off Thursday night at about 9 p.m.
Toys “R” Us was the first store to open its doors, but it was the Walmart in Buckeye that ended up getting police involved.
Witnesses said a grandfather was with his grandson and wife looking at video games.
They said that people were tearing the box of games apart, trying to get to the videos, and a woman ended up getting punched.
Then the grandson was trampled on in all the mayhem -- even cutting his lip. His grandpa put the game in his waistband so that he could lift the boy out of the crowd.
Witnesses said that's when a police officer grabbed the man and slammed him to the ground – possibly thinking he was stealing the game.
Blood streamed from the victim's face, but witnesses said police didn't believe anything was wrong until they turned the man over.
One man said he saw the whole thing and that it was uncalled for.
“You would have thought there was a cure for cancer in this box,” said shopper Skyler Stone. “I mean people were literally going insane.
“They grabbed the guy, body planted him into the ground -- face shatters on concrete. That's a hard concrete floor inside Walmart.
“All of a sudden, you see this little boy run up and wailing and yelling, ‘Grandpa, Grandpa,’ and crying his eyes out,” Stone said.
Witnesses said the man had about $600 worth of electronics that he was purchasing and wasn't trying to steal anything. They said he was just trying to get his grandson out of harm's way.
Buckeye police aren't commenting, but they said they are investigating the incident.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/business/black-friday-brawl-at-buckeye-walmart-11252011Wow. Video at site. WTF is wrong w people!
