Mesquite (TX) police use pepper spray to quell clamor for new Air Jordan shoes at Town East Mall

DallasMorningNews.com ^ | 12/23/2010 | RAY LESZCYNSKI

[devane617]

FYI...

[BradyLS]

Holy cow. They were beating each other bloody over Air Jordans 25 years ago!

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO!!!

[Nervous Tick]

Those Amish folks sure loves them some Cool Grey 11’s!

[Responsibility2nd]

This was posted earlier. Was up for an hour or so. Over 60 replies.

 

Some mod "No Thanks"d it.  Who knows why.

 

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Melee reported at 2 malls in lines for shoes

[Huntress]

I remember. Just about every boy at my junior high had a pair of them. The skinny ones looked like they were walking around in loudly colored casts.

[submarinerswife]

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Fighting over TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR sneaks?

What are these people nuts? Or perhaps they are all "Rich Republicans?"

I might spend $100-125 on some good shoes, but the day I spend (and I can afford it) more than $30 bucks for a pair of tennis shoes is right after I have a glass or two of the Lib's Kool Aid!

[devane617]

I searched and did not see it which surprised me. I always use the minimum exerts from most stories, especially sources like DMN, so maybe that was the problem.

[allmost]

Mobs for sneakers. Must be reliving the ‘good old days’.

[turdhopper]

its our fault. we gave them the money

[GeronL]

... in the ghetto

[maine yankee]

How many of these people were receiving assistance from the gub’mint.

Just sayin’

[Nervous Tick]

>> How many of these people were receiving assistance from the gub’mint.

Yeah, I wonder if you can use your Lone Star welfare debit card to buy ‘hood-approved fashion accessories...

[NeverForgetBataan]

Made in China for a few bucks and sold to Amish in America for half of an unemployment check.

[dalebert]

man Mesquite has come a long way from being country town. hahaha..

[proxy_user]

I am wearing some sort of Nike Air sneakers right now, they cost $39.99 at J.C.Penny.

Must not be the populat model...

[Moose4]

That’s the plainest, most subdued-looking Air shoe I’ve ever seen. Normally Air Jordans are weird neon colors and patterns, but that one actually looks, dare I say it, good.

Not $175 a pair good, mind you. But good.

}:-)4

[nascarnation]

Rich Republicans for sure.

Or maybe spending Rich Republicans’ tax money after it has been transferred to their govt debit cards?

[Riley]

Mesquite (TX) police use pepper spray MG-42s to quell clamor for new Air Jordan shoes at Town East Mall.

Wishful thinking, I guess. I cannot understand (or empathize with) the sort of idiots who stampede for things like shoes. I avoid mob scenes whatever the deal, whatever the cost, whatever the product.

It may be cliché, but the more I know of people, the more I love my cat.

[USMCPOP]

Reminds me of the old days, and Red Ball Jets. Those were the high-top canvas sneakers. We used to say “Run your fastest, jump your highest and fall your hardest”, LOL.