Black Friday Madness

The Craziest Black Friday Moments of All Time

By Myles Tanzer Wed., Nov. 24 2010 at 4:38 PM
Categories: Bad Publicity, Black Friday Madness, I Shop, Therefore I Am, Myles Tanzer

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Avoid this at all costs
Everyone knows the Friday after Thanksgiving is the "best time" to buy gifts for the holidays (can't beat a $3 toaster!) but it seems that people just keep upping the crazy ante in such a way that makes us want to stay the hell away. Like the two women in Florida who started camping outside a Best Buy -- 9 days early. Stop the insanity! Here's a look at some of our nation's blackest days in Black Friday history.

Toys R Us Double Shooting

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Like a ghetto version of the toy fight scene in Jingle All the Way, two Californian men got into a heated gun battle in the middle of a Toys R Us in 2008. No one else was hurt but they managed to kill each other after shooting up the electronics department.

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