Nike Sued By Family Of Murdered Man, Killed During Violent Incident Over Sneakers

Yahoo ^ | August 17, 2022 | Mike Walters

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I can on!y imagine what kind of crowd that kind of event draws. They should have had more security, maybe the National Guard.

[CIB-173RDABN]

One lawyer in town and he will go broke.

Two lawyers in town and they become wealthy.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I wonder what racial demographic would kill someone over a pair of tennis shoes? Hmmmm … let me ponder that, and I'll get back to you …

[Ex gun maker.]

I still laugh at the outrage from fellow workers when I showed up at my manufacturing job in some sort of “Nike” sneakers bought cheap at a garage sale.
They were appalled that I would wear them as just casual shoes, at a job that guaranteed they would become filthy with fiberglass and carbon fiber residue.

Shoes are just covers for our feet, I never buy them new.

[Fido969]

Need sneaker control. Those sneakers are going around killing people!

[FreedomPoster]

Such a vibrant and diverse culture!

What would we do without it!?

[Fido969]

Shoes are just covers for our feet, I never buy them new.

I buy most of my clothes in thrift stores. When I'm done with them they are not even good for Goodwill, but they make dandy rags.

However, there are a few things I won't buy used - shoes and underwear, for example.

[gundog]

So, Nike and the store should have known that their promotion would draw a dangerous crowd? Hmmm...

[familyop]

Yahoo News posted that article under “Entertainment.” Did Yahoo try to hide it, or does someone at Yahoo think the story is funny?

[EEGator]

Be happy…

[teeman8r]

read the article? this is free republic. reading free zone.

[mass55th]

"i guess if one can go after gun shop owners, nike is not immune..."

Not to mention the fact that lawsuits are allowed against pharmacies for filling doctor prescriptions as written, instead of going after the doctors who readily wrote the scripts.

[Seruzawa]

Oh those tricksey Amish. Buncha fun lovin boyz.

[vaskypilot]

I only see a case because the store may not have had adequate security.

[Restless]

“A group of male customers.”
Is that the latest synonym for “teens?”

[xp38]

Nike....just sue it

[Jane Austen]

I do not like Nike and refuse to buy any of their products. But this lawsuit is absurd and unjust.

[familyop]

"...a staggering 1,200 young American's died because of violence surrounding shoes like Nike Air Jordan...In the end, the victim "reminded alive for nearly an hour -- undoubtedly in pain and suffering,..."

The article says much about our society in more ways than one. And an editor had it posted under entertainment. So far we have fatherless savages murdering clerks for petty reasons, an effort to hide the news that makes a mockery of it and another illiterate journalist.

[thegagline]

By saying, “A group of male customers,” the reporter means a bunch of black thugs.

[jocon307]

They may have a decent case, esp. if this was a Nike store rather than say a Footlocker. The failure to provide adequate security would be the liability point, imho.