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Violence Erupts Across the Country Around Release of Nike Air Jordans

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By CHRISTINA NG (@ChristinaNg27) and OLIVIA KATRANDJIAN

Dec. 24, 2011

Violence erupted at shoe stores across the country as people tried to purchase Nike’s new retro Air Jordan sneakers, which were released just in time for Christmas.

Thousands lined up at stores across the country to shell out $180 for the black and white Jordans — named for Michael Jordan, who carried the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships in the 1990s — that went on sale at midnight Thursday.

East of San Francisco, in Richmond, Calif., the Air Jordan sale was canceled after a gun went off outside the mall early Friday morning and the 24-year-old gunman was arrested. Richmond police say it may have been an accidental discharge of the gun.

Between 1,500 and 2,000 people who were waiting in line to buy the new Jordan shoes left disappointed.

In Seattle, police used pepper spray to break up fights between customers.

« Police showed up … somebody went in the side door and pushed through the front door and lost our place in line and we’re at the back of the line, » one shopper said.

« We were in the front of the line, then we got bombarded in and now we don’t have any, » said another shopper, who came out of the store empty-handed.

In Atlanta, at least four people were arrested in a mob scene at a suburban mall, according to The Associated Press. Twenty police cars responded and the crowd broke down a door to enter the mall before it opened.

Police had to smash the windows of a car to get two toddlers out after a woman had left them there while she went to buy the shoes. She was taken into custody when she returned, according to the AP.

Florida police used pepper spray on unruly shoe seekers and fights were reported in Kentucky; glass was shattered at stores in North Carolina. Read more…