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Pandemonium: The Day’s Craziest Videos From Black Friday

We all know the stories that come out of Black Friday are shocking. For example, we already have reports of a woman pepper spraying rivals at a California Walmart. But in this day-and-age, stories have given way to videos, and Business Insider has promised to keep an updated story with all the wildest videos from Black Friday. We’ve included some of their selections below (as well as some that we found ourselves) but keep checking their original story for more Black Friday gold (content warning for language in some places).

[A child gets caught in the middle of a rush to get what looks like clothes.]

[$2 waffle makers make people do crazy things]

[About 20 seconds in, you'll see the start of a brawl between two men, and an associate trying to break it up.]

[These shoppers were waiting for a 10 pm sale on video games. When the associate cuts the tape, all hell breaks loose.]

[These two guys come to blows outside before even getting into the store.]

[Here's the video from our earlier story reportedly showing the aftermath of the pepper-spraying incident]

See more videos over at Business Insider.

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  • JustMel71
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:52am

    Name each videos “Americans Gone Wild” and if someone gets hurt, it’s their own fault.
    Wonder what percentage of Americans actually do this. 5,10, 15% or higher? Are they employed or on the taxpayers dime screaming “tax the rich, make them pay their fair share, momma needs
    a $2 waffle maker.” Like I said, I wonder what percentage of us in America now have this mindset to go play this idiotic “running with the bulls” mentality to save a few bucks on materialistic goods that weren’t even made here.

    Whatever… let them slug it out! ding:ding: round 1

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    • bhohater
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:24pm

      It’s getting really spooky out there. The percentage of people attracted to blood-sports is on the rise. I now have a right-to-carry permit and wouldn’t dream of going anywhere without taking Smith and Wesson along.

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    • RossPoldark
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:41pm

      I never remember sales ever being like this in the 70s or 80s. There was no fighting, screaming, and people were never packed like cans of sardines. I have never, ever gone to one of these, and nor will I. If I want something that bad, I will just save up for it. These people disgust me. They act like a pack of wild screaming monkeys. I think a Zoo is much more quite than this and the animals more civil!! Frankly they should stop doing sales like this, because it brings out the worst in the majority of people, and also, more and more people are going to get injured or killed.

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    • MR_ANDERSON
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:07pm

      Black Friday is another way to destroy the values on which this country was established. In the 10 Commandments it states not to covet thy neighbor’s goods.

      Black Friday puts you in a position to covet if you are unable to obtain what you want, and one could argue that the fact of wanting it from the store itself is actually coveting of thy neighbors goods.

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  • keeperofpancakes
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:50am

    And all of this mayhem for cheap electronics and good deals on toys…just imagine these people hungry and their children hungry. God help us all. This moral decline in America will be the end of us.

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    • Voteman
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:06am

      As I watched I thought the same thing. I mean who the hell would think… Ok ill bring pepper spray that way ill be able to get the stuff… Or if i just punch this person ill take there stuff. The problem is the Holidays are and have been turned into stuff instead of the true meaning of the holiday.

      Just Saying…..

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    • dabbo
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:20am

      Just think how wany canned goods you could by for the price of one cheap flat screen TV that you probably don’t need. Buy Food!…Buy Ammo!…..provide some security for your family. This is the mob you will face when the SHTF, ony they’ll be hungry, scared, and not so full of the Christmas spirit.

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    • GetRight
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:41am

      Exactly what I thought! These people are embarrassing to me. Our culture is in such decline I fear there is no hope of repairing it. Just an extension of the occupier-type people. Selfishness, greed, and low moral character. People like this with wide spread hunger, food shortage, etc will be terrifying!

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:31am

      I am sad that the “occupy” people did not make good on there threat to block stores on black Friday. I told my husband I was looking forward to the videos of them being trampled by the shoppers. Form a human chain to block people from work, piss people off. Form a human chain in front of greedy, out-of-control shoppers, get trampled to death!

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    • minnierv
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:25pm

      @KEEPEROFPANCAKES, yes cheap CHINESE MADE electronics.
      @DABBO, I really want to prepare but these are the same people that will be invading my home to scavenge it for my food and water because they have either run out of their own or didn’t prepare for the EVERYDAY IS BLACK FRIDAY times to come. This is what it will be like when the grocery stores are empty. We are in for some very tough times. Such a total breakdown of society, it’s really hard to watch.

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  • thop1960
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:46am

    This is how the animals act for material things…Imagine how they will act to get their next meal? If you prepare ahead of time you won’t find yourself in the middle of a free-for-all, wondering if you’ll survive the night.The best place to be is far away from these people. Eating freeze-dried food is much better than scrounging for scraps or killing your neighbor for what he has.

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    • Unix
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:12am

      oh, I can imagine…the nightmare is beginning soon, please pinch me, and tell me this is a dream? Animal farm at it’s best. We all lose in the end, but maybe once we push the reset button and get rid of these goons (read liberals), we will all be better off…I am just sitting patiently for the trouble to start in full force. Don;t get me wrong, I am not wishing this to happen, but happen it will.

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  • Joe Schmuck
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:45am

    AMAZING!

    These stores entice huge mobs, and then expect them to be orderly!

    Mobs can be so unpredictable. Actually, they are becoming more & more predictable. (as you see)

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    • justin.blake
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:42pm

      @Joe – I just got back from shopping frugally so I could provide my kids with a nice christmas. I would have to say the problem lies in how different stores handle the crowds, and the socioeconomic level of the crowd itself. We tried Wal-Mart for a couple of really discounted items, and it was pure insanity. Their problem is letting people in the store before their sale starts. That pre-positioned people for an instant frenzy when the wrappings came off. Target, on the other hand, let in 30 people at a time at 15-30 second intervals, was a very orderly situation, with crowds, but they were POLITE crowds, with please and thank you being heard everywhere. Had to chalk the difference up to an orderly entrance, and the people themselves. People of Wal-Mart indeed!!

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  • GuitarMyke
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:45am

    This doesn’t give me a lot of confidence if there is a total meltdown of our economy. Just think what it will be like at your local grocery store or at the gas station when the sh$t hits the fan.

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    • Outlaw_Josey_Wales
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:17am

      People are going to act a lot worse during the upcoming food shortage. My advice, do what the squirrels do, bury their nuts. Keeps food safe from predators.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:47pm

      You are right on GUITARMYKE. I’m not quite there yet, but I have been preparing for a total meltdown of society for over a year now. It’s a win-win thing, because nothing I’ve bought will go to waste.

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  • fothinator
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:43am

    Mob mentality at its worst…or is it? I guess if everyone were starving and fighting over food it could be worse, but this is just one step up from that. What is it about walmart that brings the worst out of people?

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  • LOLReally
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:41am

    Black friday refers to what it does to your soul. This is what the grocery stores could look like if we don’t fix this country.

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  • PackerRepeat
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:40am

    After believing my whole life in “Creation”, I now believe there are segments of the human race who have “evolved” besides Sam Donaldson.

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  • Divineliberty
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:40am

    These are the exact same people who will be fighting over food in the exact same fashion if the ‘you know what’ hits the fan

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  • julianaheaslet
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:38am

    Do you notice that it is mostly mexicans in these videos? I live in OK and in the last year they have taken over, they are either spending our tax money(welfare, unemployment,SS) or illegal drug money. I am not a racist but who wouldnt start to feel resentful, when our gov. is wanting more tax’s from hard working Americans so someone from guatamala can get a flat screen T.V.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Usted es tan correcto. Estamos siendo asumidos de nuestra carencia de asegurar la frontera. Tarde o temprano, vamos a pagar un precio extremo.

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    • RossPoldark
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:51pm

      I didn’t notice that. It seemed like a wide variety of people. I live in an all Caucasian area, and black Friday at Wal Mart gets this bad. That is why I never go. Greed, selfishness and incivility knows no boundaries when it comes to humans and ethnic backgrounds.

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  • gothicreader
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:38am

    This is what a social breakdown looks like. Buckle up folks, I hope you have your pantry is full, because this will be 2x’s worst when the system collapses.

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  • The_Almighty_Creestof
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:36am

    This is the reason America needs to fall…we’ve become a nation of greedy, uncaring lowlifes…fixated on things. When we recover –and have lost 50% of our population– we can get back on track. As of now though…we’ll never make it.

    Who wants to bet more than half of the people in these videos are on welfare/unemployment or can only afford it by putting it on credit cards.

    We are doomed.

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    • Hiswill
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:39am

      What we need to do is put the CHRIST back into Christmas. These videos are the sadest things I’ve seen in a long time. What are we becoming? Animals are better behaved.

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    • RossPoldark
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:53pm

      They look like trailer park trash. I saw a few seniors in the videos, and I can understand with their fix incomes, why they would be looking for good deals, but the majority of people I see in the videos are probably on welfare, and they want flats screens, instead of food for the family.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:56pm

      They say people are at their best when things are the worst. I think we are about to find out. I agree that America needs a wake-up call.

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  • SDmom
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:32am

    These videos make me thankful I live in rural America. For the past few years, we have participated in Black Friday, and have never been a part of an unruly mob, we conduct ourselves as compassionate people.

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  • quicker
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:22am

    And I have to go to our local Lowes today.Wife sayes I have to put up outside Christmas decerations today.And if I don`t I can forget my loven this week.

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    • hi
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:29am

      Ha ha!!That is funny.

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    • Unix
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:36am

      LOL too funny, I’ve been cut off for a while now…politics has ruined our relationship, but no worries, things will get very ugly in America, then I’ll get my lovin back. We’re for sure headed for civil war and the left will not know what hit them when it comes…I hope they make their move soon, I’m tired of waiting for my lovin…

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    • Joe Schmuck
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:48am

      I Here ya!

      My wife’s cut me off for a month now.

      I don’t feel too bad. I know two guys who she cut off completely! (R.D.)

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:20am

    Why would anybody subject themselves to this? I’ll pay full price to avoid it.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:27am

      True.. There isn’t really a deal prices are all marked up and then faux slashed.. People are really stupid if you think about it.

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:09am

      @ demint.disciple

      Top and Drop.

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  • ADNIL
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:19am

    After viewing these videos, I feel embarassed to be human.

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  • nobull14
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:17am

    Just another shopping day at Walmart!!!!

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    • Jomil48
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:20am

      These people are all nuts

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    • MommyNeedsMoreCoffee
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:20am

      If the stuff was completely free and they were giving out $20 bills at the front door….I still wouldn’t be there.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:25am

      I’m surprised the “afrikkan American” doesn’t call for an end to the name “ BLACK friday ” Well, being racially motivated and all.. Notice all things bad start out with the word “ black ” It’s no coincidence you know ..

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  • GTH
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:17am

    Welcome to Wal*Mart. Please leave your brain at the front door.

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  • DJR
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:15am

    At what point are the retailers going to be held responsible for people getting hurt at these events?

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    • ICanComment
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:27am

      At what point are the people at the events going to be held responsible for their own actions? Retailers can‘t control people’s minds and make them stop behaving like… people. They do it all by themselves. In the adult world people are accountable for their own actions. If I beat the tar out of someone over a waffle maker, I am responsible, not the retailer or property owner.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:31am

      That’s it , blame the store.. It couldn’t possibly be the wonderful shoppers, now can it ? Sheesh !!!

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    • lel2007
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:37am

      Why should retailers be held responsible for the customers behavior?

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    • chips1
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:50am

      Because Obama has his people in the judges positions. Spread the wealth thru the courts. Sort of like Judge Pate.

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  • Gorp
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:14am

    I guess it just goes to show that some people are animals.

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  • mrfunn
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:09am

    .
    Thanksgiving, the day to be thankful for all you have.

    Black Friday, the day to get more.

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  • US Citizen
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:09am

    The businesses are culpable in this mayhem. This is a little insight into how people will react when the economy collapses except they’ll be trying to grab food instead of video games. Anyone who willfully participates in this nonsense does so a their own peril (and in my opinion, stupidity).

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    • ICanComment
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:35am

      I half agree with you.

      “The businesses are culpable in this mayhem.”
      How do the businesses get inside your head and make you do bad things? Other than for a lack of adequate security, I don‘t agree that they’re responsible for customers’ actions. If people shoplift on a normal day and someone gets hurt in the process, is the retailer also responsible?

      “This is a little insight into how people will react when the economy collapses…”
      Agreed. Sometimes I wish I didn‘t know it’s true.

      “Anyone who willfully participates in this nonsense does so a their own peril (and in my opinion, stupidity).”
      Every year, watching this transpire, the first thought in the back of my head is, “Not a good idea.” I’m with you – I don‘t understand the motivation behind willfully subjecting one’s self to this. If it’s your idea of fun, have at it – but it certainly isn’t mine.

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    • lel2007
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:52am

      Exactly how are businesses responsible for customers’ bad behavior? Are banks culpable for bank robberies?

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    • dano1102
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:42pm

      This isn’t the first year that this has happened! In past years people have been trampled. After a few years of this behavior you have to blame the actions of the cattle on those causing the stampede!.

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  • anthony0713
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:06am

    This is why I avoided the stores today. I would rather wait for Cyber Monday anyway. This way I avoid the stupidity depicted in these videos.

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  • demint.disciple
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:01am

    What do you expect from the bottom of the barrel ? Sludge and these people.. Sigh !!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:59am

    Does anyone else notice more and more of these events, along with the Occupy parts, are building up in the Socialist State of California?

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    • quicker
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:18am

      Yep ,sure looks like the 99%ers.At least I would hope that we actual 53 % wouldn`t act like animals.This sure looks like sharks in a feeding frency.

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    • JustMel71
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:56am

      Hey Snow, I usually don‘t get to stay on the first page so I’m replying in a roundabout way to you
      but this is just so I can get to stay on page 1 for awhile. Hope you don’t mind. =)

      Anyway… Name each videos “Americans Gone Wild” and if someone gets hurt, it’s their own fault.
      Wonder what percentage of Americans actually do this. 5,10, 15% or higher? Are they employed or on the taxpayers dime screaming “tax the rich, make them pay their fair share, momma needs a $2 waffle maker.” Like I said, I wonder what percentage of us in America now have this mindset to go play this idiotic “running with the bulls” mentality to save a few bucks on materialistic goods that weren’t even made here.

      Whatever… let them slug it out! ding:ding: round 1

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