The full story behind the 'shoplifting' grandfather body slammed to the ground emerged today, as the nation searched its soul following the chaotic, sometimes violent, scenes of greed on Black Friday. Jerald Allen Newman, 54, has come to symbolise the mayhem of the day after he was videoed with blood streaming down his face as he was arrested by police officers in Phoenix, Arizona. The police say he was shoplifting and sustained the injuries because he resisted arrest and became aggressive after being found with a video game down his pants. But Mr Newman's tearful eight-year-old grandson, Nick, has spoken out to defend his grandfather to ABC News, saying: 'I only got one game and people were trying to take it away from me and put it under his shirt so no one would take it'
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Family claims Jerald Newman had video game down his pants while protecting child
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Woman who pepper sprayed 20 at California Wal-Mart hands herself in
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Shopper critically wounded in robbery attempt at Los Angeles Wal-Mart
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Girls and women brawl over yoga pants at Victoria's Secret in Pennsylvania
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Cops blast pepper spray into crowd at North Carolina Wal-Mart
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