Once again someone has been hurt while
trying to get a new pair of shoes. It is so silly to me that waiting
in line for new things is still something that occurs, but the shoe
aspect is even sillier. Isaiah Martinez of Brooklyn, NY was shot in
the foot this past Saturday while waiting in line for the new Kanye West designed Nike Air Foamposite Pro “Yeezy” shoes that sale for
$250. Kanye don't even play basketball. This is just stupid. While
everyone was camped outside of a Foot Locker a little before 6am
Martinez decided that it would be a good idea to cut in line. The
store would be opening in a couple of hours and when he cut everyone
folks got pissed which is totally understandable.
After cutting in line one of the people
that were pissed said that they were going to shoot him. He got out
of line and came back with a gun and shot him. Other witnesses are
saying that the kid was smack talking after he cut in line. A guy
that knows Martinez named Edison Catagena said “There were people
camped out for the sneakers and Isaiah tried to cut the line. They
get into a scuffle and one of the guys on line left and told Isaiah
he was coming back with a gun. He came back and just fired off four
shots. He probably shot him in the foot just to scare him off. You
know, send a message. That's the generation we got now. They shoot
each other over shoes.”
Getting shot or attacked over shoes is
not a new thing. That has been going on ever since Nike started
making Jordan's. The shooter was found today and it turns out he is
14 years old. The store ended up having to stay closed until 11am
because of this nonsense and the shoes sold out by 6pm. I wrote a
while back about people in Florida rioting over shoes (click here)
and being so puzzled by it. Can't you get them later? Order online? I
also wrote about those cool ass Macho Man shoes (click here). I'm not
waiting for no Kanye shoes. And how is it that these kids were able
to wait in line for shoes when the store opens when school starts?
Even if there is no school how are they able to afford them? How are
they unsupervised? Who is this kid with a gun?!
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