Report: R.I. one of least likely states for Black Friday fights

ESTATELY RANKED states according to where Black Friday fights are most likely to be encountered, and Arkansas came out on top, followed by Tennessee and Alabama. Rhode Island was among the least likely states for fights at No. 40 and Massachusetts was No. 50, the safest state. / COURTESY ESTATELY
ESTATELY RANKED states according to where Black Friday fights are most likely to be encountered, and Arkansas came out on top, followed by Tennessee and Alabama. Rhode Island was among the least likely states for fights at No. 40 and Massachusetts was No. 50, the safest state. / COURTESY ESTATELY

PROVIDENCE – Some good news for bargain hunters braving crowds today: Rhode Island is one of the states where a Black Friday fight is least likely.
And Massachusetts and Connecticut are even safer.
Estately, a real estate blog, ranked the states according to where fights are most likely to break out on traditionally what is one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Estately wrote on its blog, “Without fail some of these shopping scrums end in fisticuffs as shoppers exchange blows over who gets the last discounted video game console or Rachel Ray cookware set.”
Rhode Island ranked 11th safest, while Massachusetts held the top spot for safety, and Connecticut, sixth.
Arkansas is the state most likely to see fights break out over shopping deals, followed by Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana and Missouri.
Estately said it came up with the list by looking at Facebook data to find out how where users are interested in Black Friday deals and by measuring the frequency of aggravated assaults based on FBI crime reports last year.
Based on those two categories, Arkansas came out on top for ranking eighth for frequency of aggravated assaults and fourth for Black Friday sales enthusiasm.
Rhode Island was 39th for frequency of Black Friday assaults, and 35th for enthusiasm of Black Friday sales.
The New York Daily News reported that Black Friday problems got an early start in Louisville, Ky. on Thanksgiving night when two men got into a fight at the mall food court. The paper said it was unclear what sparked the fight.

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