During the Black Friday chaos, one woman at a Walmart in Porter Ranch, San Fernando Valley pepper-sprayed shoppers during a scene of commercial chaos that broke out over video games.
As previously posted, the Walmart was a mess, as the video game section was âtorn downâ, and several of the 100 people âwaiting in line to snag Xbox gaming consoles and Wii video games got into a shoving matchâ.
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The woman, who pepper-sprayed over a dozen shoppers, has not been charged with any crime.
âWhat am I going to charge her with?â Los Angeles police Detective Michael Fesperman asked the Los Angeles Daily News
âThere was a stampede at Walmart from people getting Xbox games for half off,â he said. âThere was no control. People were getting stampeded and trampled. There were people screaming, yelling that they were being trampled or crushed.
âThis woman may have fired her pepper spray in self-defense.â According to the police, it was âin her rightsâ for the woman to carry the pepper spray.
Each of the sprayed shoppers were treated in-store before being sent home.
Walmart pepper-spraying may have been self-defense, police say [Mercury News]
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