Seattle police pepper spray rowdy shoe shoppers

Retro Air Jordan sneakers. / Nike

SEATTLE - — Police reportedly used pepper spray to break up fights among shoe buyers who pushed and shoved outside a Seattle area mall to pick up some of the first Nike retro Air Jordans that went on sale early Friday.

Seattle TV stations report hundreds of customers had been waiting for hours outside the Westfield Southcenter mall and police were on hand to control disputes that broke out over line-cutting or pushing.

Hundreds of customers also lined up for hours outside stores in downtown Seattle and a mall in Federal Way.

One buyer walking away with the shoes told KING-TV it's a classic style and the shoes that retail for $180 are selling for $400 on the Internet.

[TeaBagSmith]

Were there any white people involved? No. Clearly the problem is Negroes. Is anyone surprised?

[jtdev1]

"the shoes that retail for $180 are selling for $400 on the Internet. "


Cost to produce the shoes - $5.43


Produced in the sweatshops of Burma...


FU NIKE!

[askagain]

The year is 2011 and many people act like cave men. It is sad when people will stand in line for hours for a pair of shoes. It is even worse when adults display child-like behavior such as cutting in line and fighting each other. Bring on the pepper spray.

[credibility2]

The police did the right thing. The shoe shoppers who acted this way are low lifes.