Saturday - March 05, 2016

Sneaker Riot

Security closes whole mall. Shoe shop around the corner absorbs human tidal wave, sells out quickly.

Black Friday has been over for months, but you would never know it if you went to Eastland Center in Harper Woods on Saturday morning. [Black Friday? Hey, is’n dat a raycis remark?]

The mall was forced to close after rowdy crowds piled in for a chance to buy the newly-released Air Jordan Retro 12 “Vivid Pink” sneakers.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the mall opened at 8 a.m. and quickly closed after the crowd rushed the gate and broke a lock. Police got control of the situation and tried to open again at 10 a.m., only to see the same result.

“Both times, it was shut down by the police for public safety — all over a tennis shoe,” general manager William McClure told the Free Press. “It’s frustrating. It got unruly, the police shut it down.”

There were no reported injuries. The Kids Footlocker location selling the girls shoes, which have a retail price of $140, stopped selling the sneakers on Saturday due to the crowd’s behavior.

A $140 pair of sneakers, this week’s must have fashion accessory for young ladies on generational welfare in a city so broken they can’t even make clean water.

Erica Bailey, 39, of Detroit, was one of the few lucky buyers who was able to buy the Jordan Retro 12 shoe today at Eastland.  She had been at the mall since midnight, waiting for Kids Foot Locker to open at 8 a.m. When the store shut its doors after the crowd got unruly, Bailey went around the corner to Champs, and waited in line until just after noon. By 12:30 p.m., she had her pink and white tennis shoes.

“I just got my shoe!” Bailey said, flashing a big smile. “I’ve been here since 12:30 in the morning, all night long I stood outside the door.”

Bailey was upset at the unruly customers who made for a longer day than necessary, she said. But it was worth it.

“They’re for my granddaughter!” she said, smiling.

Erica B and her 23s



PS - Did you catch that? Did you see the size of the sneaks she bought? The woman is 39 and has a granddaughter big enough to wear what look like girl’s size 4 shoes. So the kid is probably 10 or so?

PPS - And if this isn’t enough, in 2 weeks the guy’s version, in French Blue, comes out.

PPPS - You didn’t think this was all going to end in smiles did you? This kind of marketing comes with a target audience that is a REAL target audience. As in, you knew this part was coming ...

This Weekend’s Air Jordan Releases Lead to Two Men Getting Shot

Two people were shot Saturday morning outside of Brooklyn Center Foot Locker where people were lined up waiting to cop the Air Jordan 2 “Wing It” and the Girls Air Jordan 12.

According to CBS Minnesota, dozens of people were lined up outsole the store waiting to scoop up the latest Air Jordan releases when multiple shots were fired. The officers that arrived to the scene found the victims lying on the ground. The two injured males were taken to the North Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries and are both expected to make a full recover.

As of right now the Police have yet to find the shooter or shooters as they are still searching.

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