These infamous Black Fridays shocked the world. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at the most bonkers Black Fridays throughout the years.
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00:00Watch as merchandise goes flying through the crowds at this Walmart in Virginia
00:05Welcome to watch mojo and today. We're looking at the most bonkers Black Fridays throughout the years
00:11Mayhem at another Kmart when it ran out of TVs cops got called in
00:181996
00:19November
00:201996 saw the release of jingle all the way in which Arnold Schwarzenegger
00:24Embarks on a perilous quest to acquire a turbo man doll
00:28the tournament dolls
00:30They're all gone
00:31Well, perhaps not as over-the-top
00:34Arnold's plight before Christmas echoed what many experienced on Black Friday that year
00:39It was an especially hectic season with consumers rushing to get their hands on 101 Dalmatians and Space Jam merch
00:46Not to mention the Nintendo 64 the Nintendo 64 game which has to be rationed
00:52Tickle-me Elmo is arguably the most sought-after item with limited supplies by 715 at one Target in Ohio
00:59The fuzzy red dolls were all gone leaving parents seeking a cure for their Elmo fever
01:04the desperation was felt across virtually all retail stores with Elmo mania only
01:10Amplifying as Christmas drew closer here at this Target store. The Elmos
01:15disappeared the day after Thanksgiving
01:182013 as some Walmart employees protested over wages in
01:222013 others spent Black Friday
01:25insuring a series of shopping stampedes at an Ohio Walmart a little girl was reportedly sent to the hospital after being
01:32Trampled over multiple arrests were made at another Walmart in California where a police officer broke his hand and finger
01:39Attempting to defuse a brawl and in the response
01:43One of our officers was received minor injuries and we were able to take two people into custody in New Jersey
01:48A woman allegedly spit on a mother and her child
01:51Before the police could finish arresting her an officer had to wrestle off a disgruntled man yanking at his uniform
01:58Walmart wasn't the only outlet that saw consumers and cops clash
02:02Occoles parking lot in Chicago became a shooting site as an officer took aim at suspected shoplifters in Romeoville, Illinois
02:10Police fired shots at a man trying to rob a Coles
02:132005 in addition to marking the first cyber Monday
02:172005 introduced the world to YouTube with injury related videos proving immediately popular
02:23Black Friday was bound to provide fodder for the platform a Walmart in Grand Rapids, Michigan
02:28saw more than one customer sent to the hospital among them was Doretha Arnold youngblood a pregnant woman who
02:35Seriously injured her leg is the crowd trampled over her adding to the pain. The incident was recorded and soon made the rounds online
02:43about this
02:44Rather than question the store's lack of security
02:47Most users made fun of Arnold as she picked her wig off the floor the video as well as a reaction
02:53Said a mouthful of what Black Friday was becoming and what the digital era has turned us into
02:59Do you wish you wouldn't have picked up your wig?
03:012010 big-box stores on Black Friday are often compared to war zones
03:06Corporal Philip Duggan is proof. This isn't an exaggeration at a Best Buy in
03:112010 Duggan and three fellow Marines volunteered for toys for tots
03:15Attempting to break up an altercation between employees and shoplifter Tracy Attaway Duggan felt a blade across his back
03:21Without much thought Duggan and his comrades rushed to tackle the suspect
03:26They say before he could do any harm Duggan only needed a few stitches while Attaway received a life sentence with 30 arrests
03:33Already on his record. I really can't believe he messed up my uniform
03:37You didn't need to wear a uniform to feel like you were in combat that Black Friday
03:41Keith Krantz was nearly stomped to death at a target in Buffalo, New York
03:45While Vanessa Lattimore was arrested after allegedly cutting a line at a Wisconsin Toys R Us and making gun threats
03:511998 Furby could be seen as a missing link between the more traditional toys of yesteryear and the tech-savvy
03:58Presence that had become more prevalent in the 21st century a toy that toys with you
04:06The gifts might change but Black Friday hasn't and consumers were overcome with Furby fever in
04:121998 in New Smyra Beach, Florida Furby's quickly disappeared from the shelves of a department store
04:18In New Smyra Beach, Florida Furby's quickly disappeared from the shelves as 500 Black Friday shoppers reportedly fought through Walmart doors
04:28More than a thousand shoppers were estimated to be waiting outside a Walmart in Pennsylvania at 3 a.m
04:34Eager to get their hands on a Furby by any means necessary
04:38With only so many Furby's available a KB toy store in Indianapolis instituted a two per family rule
04:44Here's hoping you didn't have three or more kids
04:49Okay
04:502012 remember when people thought the world would end in
04:532012 December 21st didn't live up to the hype but November 23rd was
04:59unsurprisingly
05:01apocalyptic a
05:02Massachusetts man left his girlfriend's young son in a car outside of Kmart the police thankfully rescued the child while his babysitter searched for a flat
05:10Screen driving home with his family a father in Palo Alto fell asleep behind the wheel
05:15Resulting in two of his four daughters
05:17Dying a female shoplifter threatened an officer with a gun in Michigan while a seer shopper in Texas
05:23Allegedly pulled a firearm after somebody else punched him for cutting one of the most senseless acts of violence
05:30Occurred in Tallahassee, Florida where two people were shot over a parking spot at Walmart's
05:362016
05:382016 was a year defined by tragedy and social unrest
05:42America's frustration
05:43Climaxed in November with a divisive election should it come as a surprise that people didn't hold back their pent-up rage as Black Friday
05:51Rolled around some shopped with their fists as was the case for a group outside of Modesto mall between Thanksgiving night and Black
05:59Friday multiple shootings were reported across the country one man lost his life at a Reno Walmart over a parking space
06:06Three people would eventually be charged for a fatal shooting that occurred at a New Jersey mall
06:11Of course the Black Friday mayhem wasn't limited to the u.s
06:15As a topless man in Vancouver used his belt to whip people outside an Adidas store
06:211983 Black Friday's connection to Thanksgiving can be traced as far back as the early
06:261950s yet Black Friday as we know it truly started taking shape in the 80s
06:32Arguably no event would better define what Black Friday has mutated into then the Cabbage Patch riots of 1983
06:43Before Furby or Tickle Me Elmo Cabbage Patch kids were the must-have toy that turned shoppers into animals
06:50No shock consumers didn't hold back come Black Friday
06:54Purity guards were called in to keep the peace outside over that Thanksgiving weekend numerous cabbage patch related injuries would be reported
07:02ranging from broken legs to head trauma in Miami a crowd of
07:06150 trampled over a 75 year old man who had been waiting in line since 8 a.m
07:12He was among the many who didn't get a doll kids want them and adults will do just about anything to get them just about
07:202008 by 2008 Black Friday was known for being intense even violent yet the idea of a Black Friday crowd
07:28Resulting in someone's death sounded a tad far-fetched Black Friday entered a darker era this year which saw multiple fatalities
07:36One incident occurred at a California Toys R Us where a scuffle culminated in two men gunning each other down
07:43It's called me in a panic and I could hear the gunshots and just told her to hide another tragedy in Long Island would spotlight
07:49crowd control or lack thereof when a Walmart opened its doors during the early hours nearly
07:552,000 people found themselves fighting to get in amid the frenzy few seem to acknowledge Jim tied to more an employee who was
08:03Trampled to death
08:04Demore symbolized how out of hand a Black Friday had become and the madness didn't end with him
08:10But the Long Island incident marked the first ever Black Friday shopping fatality
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08:322011 in recent years people expect to read at least one or two crazy Black Friday stories annually in
08:392011 though it was hard to keep track of all the incidents that brought out the worst in consumers
08:45I was gonna get run over
08:49Headlines included a woman pepper-spraying roughly 20 people to get her hands on the latest video game consoles
08:55Patrons going haywire over something as trivial as bath towels and the authorities slamming a grandfather to the ground
09:03Supposedly for shoplifting shoppers also seemingly learned nothing from Jim tied to Moore's death
09:09Ignoring West Virginia's Walter Vance as he collapsed on a target floor and ultimately died
09:14While we wouldn't say Black Friday has gotten less insane since 2011
09:18It hasn't necessarily gotten worse than this and the store stayed open after all of that and shoppers went about their business
09:24Which Black Friday experience haunts your memory?
09:27Let us know in the comments and I covered my head and I screamed for help
09:44You