Η «Μαύρη Παρασκευή», που τα τελευταία χρόνια τείνει να καθιερωθεί και στην Ελλάδα, δεν είναι αναίμακτη.
Η ιστοσελίδα Black Friday Death Count καταμετρά τους θανάτους και τους τραυματισμούς που έχουν σημειωθεί μέσα στην τελευταία δεκαετία κατά τη διάρκεια των διοργανώσεων της «Μαύρης Παρασκευής».
Τοποθετεί σε χρονολογική σειρά τα περιστατικά 10 θανάτων και 111 τραυματισμών πελατών και υπαλλήλων πολυκαταστημάτων.
Μόνο το 2016, μία από τις χειρότερες χρονιές, σημειώθηκαν 3 θάνατοι και 7 τραυματισμοί. Και οι 3 θάνατοι προκλήθηκαν στα πάρκινγκ μεγάλων πολυκαταστημάτων τα ξημερώματα της «Μαύρης Παρασκευής», την ώρα που οι πελάτες περίμεναν το άνοιγμα των καταστημάτων.
Σε χώρες του εξωτερικού η «Μαύρη Παρασκευή» έχει πλέον ταυτιστεί με τη βίαιη συμπεριφορά των καταναλωτών που εκτός ελέγχου τρέχουν να προλάβουν τις προσφορές, αλλά και με τις εξαντλητικές απαιτήσεις από τους υπαλλήλους που καλούνται να εργαστούν σε διευρυμένα ωράρια με μεγάλο φόρτο.
Στην Ελλάδα μέχρι στιγμής η διοργάνωση αντιμετωπίζεται με μεγάλο ενθουσιασμό, ενώ το ίδιο το κρατικό πρακτορείο ειδήσεων καλύπτει ζωντανά την εξέλιξή της.
Μερικά από τα χειρότερα περιστατικά που έχουν σημειωθεί παρουσιάζονται στο παρακάτω video:
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Deaths |
Injuries |
| 2017 |
Black Friday altercation in Kmart leaves man with a shattered hip |
– |
1 |
| 2017 |
Black Friday Missouri mall shooting leaves teen seriously injured |
– |
1 |
| 2017 |
One male shot, one male stabbed at Willowbrook Mall on Black Friday |
– |
2 |
| 2017 |
Brawls close Alabama shopping center, one treated for injuries |
– |
1 |
| 2016 |
San Antonio man helped a woman being beaten in a Walmart parking lot, shot dead |
1 |
2 |
| 2016 |
Shirtless man uses belt as a whip outside Vancouver Black Friday sale |
– |
1 |
| 2016 |
Woman hurt during stampede in South African mall |
– |
1 |
| 2016 |
One injured, one charged, after shots fired outside Wolfchase Galleria in Tennessee |
– |
1 |
| 2016 |
Policeman stabbed in the neck confronting ‘HMV shoplifter’ in Leeds |
– |
1 |
| 2016 |
Shopper opens fire, killing one, over Walmart parking spot in Reno, NV |
1 |
– |
| 2016 |
Black Friday kicks off with deadly shooting at New Jersey mall |
1 |
1 |
| 2014 |
Thanksgiving shopper hit by car at Wyomissing Walmart |
– |
1 |
| 2014 |
Black Friday brawl at Kohl’s in Tustin ends with 3 arrests |
– |
2 |
| 2014 |
UK Black Friday Madness: woman with broken wrist; head injury from fallen TV during ‘scuffle’ |
– |
2 |
| 2013 |
Shopper Pepper Sprayed, Arrested in Argument Over TV at New Jersey Walmart |
– |
1 |
| 2013 |
Thanksgiving Day bargain shoppers send 11 year-old to hospital |
– |
2 |
| 2013 |
Teen returning home from Black Friday shopping fell asleep at wheel, killed in wreck |
1 |
4 |
| 2013 |
Man Stabbed During Black Friday Event at Carlsbad Mall |
– |
1 |
| 2013 |
Newport, Arkansas Walmart employee injured during Black Friday sales |
– |
1 |
| 2013 |
Scenes of chaos during chain store’s Black Friday sales in Northern Ireland |
– |
1 |
| 2013 |
Several injured in Black Friday-related shooting outside Kohl’s in Illinois |
– |
2 |
| 2013 |
Black Friday: Virginia Man Stabbed In Walmart Parking Lot Over Space |
– |
1 |
| 2013 |
Rialto Walmart brawl sends one police officer to hospital |
– |
1 |
| 2013 |
Shopper carrying TV home from Target shot in Las Vegas |
– |
1 |
| 2012 |
Black Friday Shoppers Hit By Suspected Drunk Driver In Walmart Parking Lot |
– |
2 |
| 2012 |
Father charged in crash that killed daughters after Black Friday shopping |
2 |
5 |
| 2012 |
Two People Shot at Tallahassee Walmart Over Parking Space |
– |
2 |
| 2012 |
Black Friday Shoppers Hit By Suspected Drunk Driver In Walmart Parking Lot |
– |
2 |
| 2011 |
Girl trampled in Black Friday Wal-Mart rush |
– |
1 |
| 2011 |
Black Friday Worker Rescued From Canal After Losing Control Of Car Due To Exhaustion |
– |
1 |
| 2011 |
Black Friday: Target Shoppers Step Over Walter Vance As He Collapses, Dies |
1 |
– |
| 2011 |
Fights break out at Rome Walmart during Black Friday shopping |
– |
2 |
| 2011 |
Woman Wounded in South Carolina Black Friday Robbery Attempt |
– |
1 |
| 2011 |
Off-duty police pepper spray North Carolina shoppers |
– |
20 |
| 2011 |
Shooting outside California Walmart, 1 wounded |
– |
1 |
| 2011 |
Los Angeles area Black Friday pepper-spray attack at Walmart injures 20 |
– |
20 |
| 2010 |
Transwoman assaulted at Kohl’s Department Store in Jackson, TN |
– |
1 |
| 2010 |
Former Marine stabbed in Best Buy store by violent customer |
– |
1 |
| 2009 |
Clarksville Woman Trampled During Black Friday Shopping |
– |
1 |
| 2008 |
Southern California Toys ‘R’ Us Shooting Leaves Two Dead |
2 |
2 |
| 2008 |
Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede |
1 |
4 |
| 2006 |
10 Injured in Southern California Black Friday Mall Stampede |
– |
10 |
| 2006 |
Salt Lake Tribune, The : Red-hot on Black Friday |
– |
1 |
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| Honorable Mentions (not included in count) |
Deaths |
Injuries |
| 2014 |
Texas pair arrested for Black Friday employee murder |
1 |
– |
| 2014 |
Murder-suicide at Chicago Nordstrom leaves two dead |
2 |
– |
| 2014 |
Man stabs co-worker at Costco |
– |
1 |
| 2010 |
Employee suicide at Zanesville Jo-Ann closes store for Black Friday |
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