Zimmerman protests: Wal-Mart shoppers recall chaos, trashed store

LA Times ^ | 7/16/13 | Ruben Vives and Kate Mather

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Shoppers at a Wal-Mart on Crenshaw Boulevard described a scene of chaos and mayhem Monday night as unruly protesters stormed the store, tossing merchandise and trying to loot jewelry cases. . . . The women said they saw clothes on the floor and a little girl crying.

“She must have been in the middle of it,” Erica Williams said.

The two left the store and watched as the crowd continued to gather on Crenshaw Boulevard. When they decided to go shopping, they thought they were a safe distance from any potential problems.

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Those shoppers should have run to the book department. They’d have been safe there.

Ouch.