Brawls Over Barbie Dolls: The Return of Black Friday Shopping

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By CBSLA.com.
Authorities said two women got into a pushing and shoving match — with at least one of them reportedly throwing a punch — over a Barbie doll on Thanksgiving evening.
Sheriff’s Deputies has to be called to the Walmart store in the 11700 block of Imperial Highway after reports of the fight broke out.
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By WARNER TODD HUSTON.
Once again tempers flared as Black Friday shoppers from coast to coast headed to the stores this Thanksgiving holiday, and fists flew from California, to Indianapolis, to the East Coast. Even a few shoppers in England got into a tussle as British stores began their Christmas shopping season.
A Walmart in Norwalk, California was one of the early stages for a Black Friday brawl as shoppers got in a shoving match over deals on Barbie dolls. The “pushing and shoving” brought sheriff’s deputies to the scene at around 7PM on Thanksgiving night.
In another incident in California, several women were involved in a fight at a Tustin Khol’s for “unknown reasons,” and three arrests were made.
In Houston, Texas, a 15-year-old girl captured an imbroglio over a TV sale on her cellphone.
Another fight erupted in an Indianapolis mall as shoppers got a little too “rowdy” with at least two shoppers getting into a brawl in a parking lot.
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