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Security guards outnumber shoppers at Green Acres Walmart opening
Photo credit: Freelance/Robert Lipper | East Meadow, 11/26/2009 At least a dozen or more security guards stand near the entrance of Walmart on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, Friday night.
No crowds at LI Walmart on Thanksgiving
Man trampled to death in 2008 at Valley Stream Walmart
When the Green Acres Walmart opened its doors at 7 a.m. Thursday, there were more security guards on duty to greet Thanksgiving shoppers than shoppers.
After the trampling death there of Walmart worker Jdimytai Damour on Black Friday last year, the store was taking no chances, even the day before.
So more than a dozen guards, clad in black, stood sentry in the vestibule; groups of Walmart...
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