New Air Jordans still incite shopper violence 9 years after player's retirement

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New Air Jordans still incite shopper violence 9 years after player's retirement - CNN.com

New Air Jordans still incite shopper violence 9 years after player's retirement


(CNN) -- Almost nine years into the basketball legend's retirement, a new version of Michael Jordan athletic shoes can still send fans into a mad frenzy: Stores nationwide were the scenes of violence and police officer injuries Friday, authorities said.

In Richmond, California, police investigated a gunshot fired outside a mall where the latest version of shoes named after Jordan went on sale for about $180 a pair Friday morning, police told CNN affiliate KGO.

A 24-year-old Richmond man was taken into custody in connection with the gunfire, said police Lt. Lori Curran.

"It appears right now it may have been just a negligent discharge," Curran said.

Even as early as 1990, a new pair of Air Jordans was so coveted that youngsters became violent in stealing the shoes. Jordan and his Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships in the 1990s.


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New Air Jordans still incite shopper violence 9 years after player's retirement - CNN.com

[Robert]

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Its just so sad, the lust over material things. But I see it all the time at work, the maddened gleam in some shoppers eye when they're about to make their latest purchase, er conquest. Its like some are actually dare I say posessed? Greed is NEVER a good thing. Killing people over material objects is always something I personally have been horrified over. Just cannot understand it.