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Melee reported at 2 malls in lines for shoes
Houston Chronicle ^ | December 23, 2010 | Dale Lezon

Posted on 12/23/2010 7:16:07 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Police have been sent to a Houston-area mall after some of the hundreds of shoppers apparently became unruly while they waited outside to buy new Nike Air Jordan shoes, officials said today.

The police were dispatched to Deerbrook Mall in the 20000 block of U.S. 59 in Humble about 6 a.m. Shoppers had lined up before dawn to buy the new-model shoes named for former basketball star Michael Jordan, officials said. Some of them appeared to be unruly.

Also today, Houston police were called to a disturbance as Air Jordans went on sale at the Northline Mall.

More than 500 people lined up outside the Deerbrook Mall. According to reports, so many people came out that a fight broke out when some were apparently trying to get ahead in line.

One shopper told Eyewitness News the new Air Jordans are on sale at Finish Line and Foot Locker and that is what they are all hoping to grab when stores open. It appears that everyone who was lined up inside the mall were all sent outside. Authorities are now blocking all entrances of the mall.

So far there are no reports of any injuries. Multiple Harris County sheriff's deputies and Precinct 4 deputies converged on the mall, trying to keep everyone in order

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airjordan; nike; peskyamish; shoes; sports
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To: MrB

Oh, man, you have a great idea. Obama Patch doll. No BC included.


41 posted on 12/23/2010 7:56:07 AM PST by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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To: manic4organic

“Just like a Cabbage Patch doll, but without the Birth Certificate!”


42 posted on 12/23/2010 7:57:47 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: manic4organic

No BC included but a Certificate of Live Birth, maybe?


43 posted on 12/23/2010 7:58:41 AM PST by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

LOL!


44 posted on 12/23/2010 7:59:15 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I know someone whose husband was hired to fly a plane load of shoes into an African country. As soon as they landed they were over run with people who tore open the containers and stole every last one of them.

The next shipment contained only the left shoes. Right shoes came in the following week. Problem solved.


45 posted on 12/23/2010 8:00:29 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: TexasRedeye


46 posted on 12/23/2010 8:00:42 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Next in line for toilet paper, becoming the old Soviet Union.
47 posted on 12/23/2010 8:21:19 AM PST by boomop1
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To: traditional1

MAN! Will you just LOOK at all those unruly registered Republicans!! /sarc


48 posted on 12/23/2010 8:22:24 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (**George W Bush** bears as much responsibility as CARTER, CLINTON and OBAMA over N. Korean nukes)
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To: traditional1
When Amish ATTACK!!


49 posted on 12/23/2010 8:46:06 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Merry CHRISTmas!)
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To: MrB

and none of those Cabbage Patch kids came with jug ears either. LOL


50 posted on 12/23/2010 8:48:25 AM PST by dforest
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

In reading the replies, it seems that few FReepers understand the near riot conditions that erupted at this mall.

Not that I understand it, but here goes....

My son - now older and wiser - used to buy these high dollar athletic shoes. He had some 15-20 pair. Never wore them. Kept them in their original box.

It seems that - depending on the right pair - you can actually make buying shoes an investment.

(No, I am not (bleepping) you.)

My son has gone on Ebay and Craiglist and sold some $150 shoes for over $300. These are highly sought after collectible items, now.

Goes to show... You never know what some fool will pay good money for something.


51 posted on 12/23/2010 8:49:33 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Great question!! Maybe MOST of them!


52 posted on 12/23/2010 10:22:46 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

BUWHAHAHAHAHAHA!


53 posted on 12/23/2010 10:52:02 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Asked by a photographer to show her shoes, TaToyia Sophus displays the Air Jordan shoes she just purchased for her son Dec. 23, 2010, in Houston at Footaction at Northline Mall. Police patrolled the shoe store after a disturbance occurred in the early morning hours by shoppers standing in line to purchase the latest version of the Air Jordan basketball shoe.

The scene at Northline Mall early Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.




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54 posted on 12/23/2010 11:14:52 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Responsibility2nd
You never know what some fool will pay good money for something.

Got no problem with that... as long as it's their money.

55 posted on 12/23/2010 11:17:32 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Yeah...I remember cabbage patch dolls. It was my first “real job” behind a service desk at a big box toy store. Christmas Eve and I got clobbered over the head by a lady with a two ton handbag!!!

Course back in those days...she didn’t get the dang doll, but did get a ride to the police station.


56 posted on 12/23/2010 11:18:38 AM PST by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Very interesting!


57 posted on 12/23/2010 11:44:00 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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To: EBH

It still amazes me that something can be marketed to trigger such a hysterical demand.

Above, poster Responsibility2nd gives a us a good idea about why there is a lot of interest in the shoes.

Glad you survived! I wonder if that woman regretted her assault. Awful way to act.


58 posted on 12/23/2010 11:48:41 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I remember Pitiful Pearl dolls circa 1958. Couldn’t keep them on the shelves. But no fights broke out over them.


60 posted on 12/23/2010 12:03:29 PM PST by IM2MAD
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