Posted on 02/25/2012 10:13:10 AM PST by Repeat Offender
Not again. In a situation reminiscent of the craziness that broke out in December when Nike released its retro version of a popular Air Jordan basketball shoe, police were called in late Thursday to break up a crowd that had gathered at the Florida Mall near Orlando in anticipation of the release of a new limited edition, glow-in-the-dark Nike shoe.
More than 100 officers in riot gear were needed to disperse several hundred people who law enforcement officials said became unruly as they waited for the $220 Nike Galaxy Air Foamposite Ones to go on sale. There were no arrests or injuries reported. The launch of the shoes were timed to coincide with this weekend's NBA All-Star Game festivities in Orlando. The game is on Sunday night.
A similar scene played out at a Washington, D.C.-area mall early Friday where fans waited to get the coveted Nike Foamposite Galaxy shoes. Police in Hyattsville, Md., made one arrest, as the crowd there was estimated at over 100.
Early Friday, Foot Locker announced that it was canceling the shoe's release at certain malls and stores. "Our priority is the safety of the community," Foot Locker said in a statement.
But Gionvanni Mecado, a 14-year-old from Kissimmee, Florida, told the Orlando Sun-Sentinel he's not buying the cancellation drama.
"I don't even believe them," Mercado told the paper.
Nike has had problems with riotous crowds before. In December, Nike's retro Air Jordans release caused fights to break out at malls across the country. In Seattle, cops used pepper spray to subdue what they said were unruly sneaker-heads.
"Mobs are one thing," Stephen Douglas wrote on TheBigLead.com. "Sneaker mobs are another. Nike needs to start making enough sneakers for everyone and stop releasing them at midnight."
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Those darn Amish are crazy for Nikes.
and of course lefties blame Nike
cuz the people rioting don’t need no stinkin personal responsibility
The riot happened at the mall. It’s not the Amish. If we didn’t have malls we would not have riots. So we need to ban malls.
Just shades of things to come when the food runs out.. lock and load
What is the deal with the black underculture??? How did these people get this way? What do we do to help them, when every attempt to teach about what is important in life is called “cultural imperialism” by the left?
Something needs to be done, to save these people from themselves.
Maybe the company should “release” the shoes only for Internet sale. Surely there are more useful things the police could be doing than controlling riotous shoe-buyers!
I’m guessing Holder’s people?
ARe you sure it is not the Amish?
American Amish yutes riot over shoes.
My favorite comment below the article--
LisaC • 22 hrs ago "Ever see a riot over work boots?"
1541 people like this; I'm guessing the 18 that don't either bought the shoes, or were at the very least a participant in the riot.
that was a great comment
‘LisaC • 22 hrs ago “Ever see a riot over work boots?””
I am wondering how these disadvantaged AfricanAmish who are 40% ynemployed and who receive so many gov’t bennies afford $22.00 Nikes
Follow the money. The successful rioter will make $2000 for his $250 purchase. It’s a gold rush.
Sooo, how many kids will get beat down or killed by others wanting their sneakers??
Hyattsville, MD? You betcha!
Quakers Gone Wild!
There was a great comment after the article about the same BS that went down in Florida. The commenter referred to the rioters as “feral pavement apes”.
Is that racist?
Speaking at a local barn raising, the group's spokesmen, Jebediah Jr and Malachai X, stated they were deeply disturbed.
They don’t have “access” to da net... Nor credit cards to utilize in an online purchase because they are more likely to not have a bank acct, because they are more likely to not have an income, or a driver’s license, or a social security card...cash on the barrel baby.
OMG.....is this idiot kidding? How did it become Nike's fault? REALLY??? Unfreakinbelievable.........head exploding........
Something needs to be done, to save these people from themselves.
Commie playwright Bertolt Brecht created a meme in a poem mocking the East German regime for their inability to inspire confidence in the masses:
Would it not be easier In that case for the government To dissolve the people And elect another?
It appears to me that every socialist regime must create its own pliable "people", which constitute the "masses". If you think that what the American welfare state has done to inner-city blacks is terrible, just look at what they've done to young people of all races attending universities and colleges in good faith, only to be intellectually cheated by the elites.
The socialist State can only kill the human spirit - that's what it does to live.
maybe some folks need to be collected by ruse or such and sent off to eb re-educated.. or sumthin’.
what a waste of police and emergency response resources.. just sayin’.
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