WASHINGTON - DC police said 19-year-old David Robinson was shot and killed for his Nike sneakers Sunday morning on Foote Street in Northeast DC...
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DC teenager killed for $200 Nike sneakers
WASHINGTON - DC police said 19-year-old David Robinson was shot and killed for his Nike sneakers Sunday morning on Foote Street in Northeast DC...
New Air Jordans cause US-wide shopping frenzy
SEATTLE (AP) - Fights, vandalism and arrests marked the release of Nike's new Air Jordan basketball shoes as a shopping rush on stores across the United States led to unrest that nearly turned into rioting...
Tyreek Amir Jacobs Killed For Concord Jordans
UPDATE: THIS STORY APPEARS TO BE A HOAX. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW MORE AS WE GET MORE INFO.
The more I think that times have changed, the more I am made aware that some things never change. I wonder how Michael Jordan first learned to cope with the fact teens in the inner city were being slain for a pair of his sneakers that really cost nothing to make. If I could, I’d talk to MJ and ask “How come they just don’t make enough? People will still buy them, Mike! It’s not as if you’re going to have to go back to the drawing board and figure out a brand new marketing plan. Just make the shoe and it’ll sell itself.”
What’s even crazier is that people aren’t starting riots and making a scene because they’re too expensive. There just isn’t enough to go around. This has been the case for years.
I’m assuming the 17-year old Tyreek Amir Jacobs from Washington DC got his early. He was pronounced dead over Facebook and Twitter yesterday. A fan page was created and has 6,000+ likes already. The story grew with the help of a bunch of tweets from DC residents and Jordan fanatics. Now the excitement and buzz around the infamous Concord XI sneaker will be overshadowed by the uproar from a community that is disgusted by the shoe fetish that has cost a young man his life. This isn’t a new story but an all too familiar one. #BreakTheCycle
Waiting in line for a pair of shoes is a part of an addiction that a lot of people possess. The desire to have what the next can’t afford, whether it’s because of time or money. Some people just buy them, not to be like Mike, but to lick the bottom and just look at them. SMH!
