20 Of The Most Insane Black Friday Brawls Captured On Camera

Black Friday is as well-known for bad shopper behavior as it is for bargain-basement prices, and for good reason. Here, we take a look back at the 20 craziest fights it’s caused – from jaw-dropping mass brawls to seriously intense tug-of-wars. And we’re kicking off with this incident in which a police officer felt it necessary to place a female Walmart shopper in a headlock after her aggressive attempts to get her hands on a 23-inch TV. Happy shopping, everyone.

The infamous tradition

The Black Friday tradition, which began shortly after the turn of the millennium, is all about shops selling a limited number of high-end products at knock-down prices, but all too often things end up in knockout bouts. The reason why these girls started fighting at Kohl’s in Tustin, California is unknown, but their brawl got so violent that two of them suffered facial cuts and one was taken to hospital.

Marking the beginning

Following Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday also marks the start of the holiday shopping period. As this mid-aisle brawl shows, though, not everybody feels the festive cheer when there are presents to be bought. At a Walmart in Great Bend, Kansas, these three Black Friday shoppers prepared to battle for what appears to have been the last Fisher Price Power Wheels in stock. Crazy.

Out of hand

Indeed, sometimes it almost seems inevitable that a crowd of angry shoppers will turn into mob, which is exactly what happened at this Walmart store in Elkin, North Carolina on Black Friday 2013. Certainly, shoving and pushing seemed to be the order of the day, especially for the guy in the orange jacket.

No unusual scene

No doubt shoppers and retailers alike will be approaching this week’s upcoming Black Friday with a little trepidation. And the sad likelihood is that scenes like this – in which three customers fought over a shopping cart and its contents – will be replicated in certain areas across the U.S.