Black Friday Frenzy at Urban Outfitters, Wal-Mart, H&M

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The Black Friday scene at Urban Outfitters at The Oaks

This weekend millions of people went out to shop on Black Friday. And, like in years past, a select few acted like assholes. A few incidents made the news: The LA Times reports that a group of men began fighting outside of an H&M at the Culver City Mall (ABC has a video of the scuffle) while in Atwater, a man climbed up on top of a cop car to throw a fit because the line to enter Best Buy was too long. Of course, the biggest Black Friday shitshow making the rounds is woman who pepper sprayed other shoppers at a Wal-Mart in Porter Ranch while in pursuit of an Xbox. According to the Daily News, she turned herself in the next day.

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· Woman who pepper sprayed Black Friday Wal-Mart shoppers surrenders to police [Daily News]
· Black Friday Pepper Sprayer Surrenders to Police [LAist]
· Black Friday brawl at Culver City mall brings police response [L.A. Now]
· Holiday Shopping Season: Fights Erupt at Mall [ABC Local]
· Shopper Stomps on Cop Car at Local Best Buy, More [Echo Park Patch]