Are Nike Air Foamposite Pro Yeezy Shoes Worth Getting Shot Over?

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?!