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Posted: Sun 21:36, 25 Aug 2013 Post subject: Air Jordan sale draws police in Seattle |
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Air Jordan sale draws police in Seattle,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
The outbursts of chaos stretched from Washington state to Georgia as shoppers waiting for hours in lines on stores Friday in pursuit of the shoes, a retro model of one of the most popular Air Jordans ever made.
In suburban Seattle,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], police used pepper spray on about 20 customers who started fighting at the Westfield Southcenter mall. He said it started as fighting and pushing among people in line and escalated over the next hour.
Murphy said no injuries were reported, although some people suffered cuts or scrapes from fights. to get a pair. After the first store he tried was too crowded, he moved on to a second location and scored a pair.
The frenzy over Air Jordans has been dangerous in the past. Some people were mugged or even killed for early versions of the shoe, created by Nike Inc. in 1984.
The Air Jordan has since been a consistent hit with sneaker fans, spawning a subculture of collectors willing to wait hours to buy the latest pair. Some collectors save the shoes for special occasions or never take them out of the box.
A new edition was launched each year, and release dates had to be moved to the weekends at some points to keep kids from skipping school to get a pair.
But the uproar over the shoe had died down in recent years. These latest incidents seem to be part of trend of increasing acts of violence at retailers this holiday shopping season,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], such as the shopper who pepper-sprayed others at a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles on Black Friday and crowds looting a clothing store in New York.
Nike issued a statement in response to the violence that said: safety and security is of paramount importance,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. We encourage anyone wishing to purchase our product to do so in a respectful and safe manner. retro version of the Air Jordan 11 was a highly sought-after shoe because of the design and the fact that the original was released in 1996 when Jordan and the Bulls were at the height of their dominance,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Pulver said they were a shoe in Jordan career,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Police say a 21-year-old man was arrested,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
In Toledo,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Ohio, police said they arrested three people after a crowd surged into a mall.
In Lithonia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Georgia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at least four people were apparently arrested after customers broke down a door at a store selling the shoes. DeKalb County police said up to 20 squad cars responded.
In Stockton,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Detective Joe Silva said a person was taken into custody at Weberstown Mall on suspicion of making criminal threats involving the shoes. Police also were investigating an attempted robbery in the mall parking lot. The victim was wrongly believed to have just purchased Air Jordans.
In Tukwila,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Officer Murphy said the crowd was on the verge of a riot and would have gotten even more out of hand if the police hadn intervened.
About 25 officers from Tukwila and surrounding areas responded,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Murphy said police smelled marijuana and found alcohol containers at the scene.
was not a nice,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], orderly group of shoppers, Murphy said. were a lot of hostile and disorderly people. Southcenter mall stores sold out of the Air Jordans,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and all but about 50 people got a pair, Murphy said.
Shoppers described the scene as chaotic and at times dangerous.
Carlisa Williams said she joined the crowd at the Southcenter for the experience and ended up buying two pairs of shoes, one for her and one for her brother. But she said she never do anything like it again.
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