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Security guards outnumber shoppers at Green Acres Walmart opening

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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