Wal-Mart Pays!

Today I was reading that Wal-Mart had agreed to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety in their 92 New York stores to avoid being prosecuted in the trampling death of a temporary worker during the Thanksgiving Day sale. The charges against Wal-Mart would have been criminal charges. From what I was reading if they would have been convicted of these charges they would have only had to pay a $10,000 fine. So why did they agree to pay almost $2 million in donations and crowed control procedures? I’ll tell you what I think, lawsuits, a criminal conviction would result to millions if they where found guilty of the negligence charges. If you ask me this is a bad idea by the county to make such an agreement with Wal-Mart. After all the county is receiving the bulk of the money, which isn’t right. It seems that the county was thinking of themselves, not the victims.

The man that was killed that day was Jdimytai (Jimmy-tree) Damour, a temporary employee for Wal-Mart. And their where a few others injured in the stampede of greed, that’s what I call it. I hope his family and the others injured sticks to their lawsuits against Wal-Mart, the county and others for what has happened to them. I also think that the people in that crowed should also be charged, after all Wal-Mart has video feeds on all their front doors. But mostly Wal-Mart should shoulder the blame and should have been charge for it. That’s my view on this!