Posted on 08/19/2022 10:44:56 AM PDT by grundle
Nike is facing a wrongful death lawsuit, filed by a grieving mother, whose son was murdered during a violent incident over a pair of shoes.
In the filing, the woman claims on August 11, 2021, her 26-year-old son was working at the store during a Nike shoe release event. At the time, a raffle was being held to determine who would get the new shoes, a pair of Nike "Dunk Low" sneakers. On that day, the mother says her son died at his workplace, "attempting to defend his girlfriend and coworker from a group of violent men at a Nike release raffle event."
The victim -- Jayren Bradford -- was reportedly coming into work that day when he "witnessed an altercation." A group of male customers was at the raffle booth, "appearing to be angry about something with their raffle tickets." His girlfriend, and coworker, was working the event at the booth, "without any form of security and without any type of training on how to deal with this type of violence." The lawsuit states, "Worried for his girlfriend, the employee approached the booth attempting to diffuse the situation. However, this group of male customers shifted their aggressive energies to (him), which ultimately led to the shooting."
The victim's mother says this isn't a new issue in the United States. "This type of violence -- known as 'sneaker violence' by the mainstream media in the last few decades -- is not uncommon at shoe release events for Nike and other big brands," she said. Adding, "this phenomenon plagues young people, especially those of color. In 2015 alone, a staggering 1,200 young American's died because of violence surrounding shoes like Nike Air Jordan and other popular, high-demand/low volume releases, which are destined to create relentless desirability.
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i guess if one can go after gun shop owners, nike is not immune...
I love it, If a gun manufacturer can be guilty of violence/murder, why shouldn’t a company that markets there crappy shoes as some sort of “must have” status symbol.
Sauce for the goose and all.
Hopefully this will all hit critical mass and some semblance of reality will return, but probably not.
So just sit back and enjoy the show.
Not The Bee?
Throwing fresh meat in front of a pack pf hyenas...
Nike has always been associated with violence. The execs at Nike I bet love people are literally dying for the brand. I wonder how many people have died for the Swoosh.
Good. Nike is pro BLM, anti American and pro antifa. I hope they get taken to the cleaners.
“Sneaker violence”…clown world.
How about no impulse control, violent black males?
damn the BEE... wait, wut??? LOLOL!!!
Yeah. This could have implications for gun manufacturers.
Read the article.
Ban Nikes!
Nike background checks!
Go after Democrats.. start suing them for being soft on crime and stupid.
Editors? Are you awake?
“I love it, If a gun manufacturer can be guilty of violence/murder, why shouldn’t a company that markets there crappy shoes as some sort of “must have” status symbol.
Sauce for the goose and all.”
Read the article.
I thought this was from the Bee.
We need common sense shoe control.
Savages put very little value on life and we shouldn’t be too surprised. We teach all out young children that life is disposable and can be snuffed out for virtually any reason, especially to remove them out of the way of whatever you want to do. Be that the killing of a child for something as meaningless as wanting to wear your skinny jeans again, or killing a man in an argument over a sneaker raffle because he dissed you.
We’re reaping what we, as a nation of secularists and Leftist cafeteria religious, have sowed.
It seems to only be getting worse. Maybe we need to promote pedophilia, now that we’ve been promoting child mutilation for the many genders.
It’s all due to those darn high capacity sneakers bwahahahahahahaha.
Nike free zones.
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