http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3301862
Summary:
Guy seems to be stealing from Wal-Mart.
Employees grab him, he rips his shirt off and runs away.
Employees get him on the blacktop in 100 degree weather, and hold him there.
He begs them to let him up, saying "Please, I'm burning, let me up" and "I'm dying, I can't breathe, call an ambulance"
Wal-Mart employees keep holding him down.
Man passes out, stopping his movement. Employees get off him. Refuse to call an ambulance. Employee says that the man is on drugs and that is why he isn't breathing.
Five minutes after he passes out, they call the ambulance.
He is pronounced dead at the hospital.
wow :/
sucks to be the driver.. i never liked Wal Mart
wow poor guy :/
Wow, Wal-mart even got price for shop lifting...
I'm totally not surprised that this came from Houston. The people in that town scare me.
very interesting- thx for posting that.
it seems to me there's a lot of question marks in this case- the guy's profile didn't seem to fit "shoplifter" at all, altho for some people it's a guilty pleasure no matter their position so who knows? and if he did do the little sticker-switch, who actually witnessed it? that would be a very subtle event to actually notice. finally- why did the guy run if he was innocent? did he actually think he could get away from security by running or was it sheer panic? no matter what, this is distinctly looking like manslaughter for some of those employees and possibly a huge black eye for walmart and major cash settlement for driver's family. and sam walton being a hardass skinflint, this is prolly going to ruin his whole month...
ugh, I fucking hate walmart and everything it stands for
(minimum wage, lazyness, ignorance, bad working conditions, sexism...)
A chain of stores is lazy and ignorant? What?
Quote from: kiwibonga on Aug 14, 2005, 04:34 PM
A chain of stores is lazy and ignorant? What?
No, they prey on the lazy and ignorant :'(
Its really cheap, everything in 1 store, but the management seems damn unethical =/
lol
Quote from: mezzaninex on Aug 14, 2005, 04:46 PM
No, they prey on the lazy and ignorant :'(
Walmart is the new Darwin.
Hahaha, survival of the thriftiest
Don't shoplift, bitches.
But it makes me look so much cooler to the homeless people. :kiwi03:
Walmart pwns. Their employees tend to be dumbasses though.
lol.
i actually like wal-mart. i would never think about working there though.