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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Yamcha on February 02, 2016, 10:24:30 AM
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It has been two years since a Houston man was killed over a pair of Air Jordan shoes. The trial for one of those accused of killing Joshua Woods is now underway.
When Air Jordan shoes were released two years ago, Joshua Woods picked up a pair. That night, he was killed for those shoes and now one of the teens charged with that crime is on trial.
Neal Bland's trial started about an hour ago. Before the trial started, Joshua Woods' family and friends gathered outside the courtroom to pray and and to ask for justice.
Woods' mother has started an organization called "Life over Fashion" to try to get makers of these shoes to have a much wider release of their products rather than limited releases in order to stop the overwhelming demand for Air Jordans that may drive some to violence.
"Nike, they have a responsibility in this, and they have to do something and if nothing happens we will see more cases like this, you will see more mothers and fathers like me," Dazie Williams says. "You will see more mothers and fathers like the accused killers, so we have to do something."
Woods' mother said she was able to contact Nike after her sons death but characterized it as more of a courtesy than anything else.
She did also say that Nike did not commit this crime.
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It has been two years since a Houston man was killed over a pair of Air Jordan shoes. The trial for one of those accused of killing Joshua Woods is now underway.
When Air Jordan shoes were released two years ago, Joshua Woods picked up a pair. That night, he was killed for those shoes and now one of the teens charged with that crime is on trial.
Neal Bland's trial started about an hour ago. Before the trial started, Joshua Woods' family and friends gathered outside the courtroom to pray and and to ask for justice.
Woods' mother has started an organization called "Life over Fashion" to try to get makers of these shoes to have a much wider release of their products rather than limited releases in order to stop the overwhelming demand for Air Jordans that may drive some to violence.
"Nike, they have a responsibility in this, and they have to do something and if nothing happens we will see more cases like this, you will see more mothers and fathers like me," Dazie Williams says. "You will see more mothers and fathers like the accused killers, so we have to do something."
Woods' mother said she was able to contact Nike after her sons death but characterized it as more of a courtesy than anything else.
She did also say that Nike did not commit this crime.
I think that events like this happened a few times in the 90's too
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Chris Webber petitioned Nike to lower the price of his signature shoe, because they were more expensive than the current Jordan, and kids were getting killed for them.
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I think that events like this happened a few times in the 90's too
Yep, so famous that Sports Illustrated even wrote a story on it -
http://www.si.com/vault/1990/05/14/121992/senseless-in-americas-cities-kids-are-killing-kids-over-sneakers-and-other-sports-apparel-favored-by-drug-dealers-whos-to-blame .
More recently, it was estimated 1,200 people die each year over them -
http://video.gq.com/watch/sneakerheadz-1-200-people-die-over-sneakers-each-year .
Gots to stay fresh, yo ;D :-\.
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If Obama had some sneakers...
Ban shoes...
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Most Jordans are ugly.
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If Obama had some sneakers...
Ban shoes...
People are killed for money all the time...ban money!
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damn hebrew.
Some of them want free oscar, while other are shooting congener for a pair of shoes.
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Nike dindu nuffin.
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Other companies that are also responsible for blacks committing crime over material items: BMW, Mercedes, Range Rover, Apple, Beats by Dre, Rolex and Welch's.
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Oddly you don't see oorientals or whites killing over Nike...
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Other companies that are also responsible for blacks committing crime over material items: BMW, Mercedes, Range Rover, Apple, Beats by Dre, Rolex and Welch's.
Don't forget KFC.
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"It's bad when we create an image of luxury about athletic gear that it forces people to kill over it.”
This is shocking, just downright shocking, that people even entertain the notion that these fashion companies are at all to blame.
:o :o :o
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I am pretty safe in my SpotBilts
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I remember when people were getting killed over Starter jackets, still didn't stop me from getting 2 of them ;D
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The original Jordan's in the 90's had articles about kids being murdered for their sneakers. They were big bucks, I used to go sports stores and literally fantasize what it would be like to have a pair. I 100% believed they would make me jump higher than the shoes I got at some cheapo store.They said "ninja" on the side, thought they were the coolest things ever at the time!
$50 was the max my parents were willing to pay, Jordans were 3-4x's that price.
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I think low IQ is to blame.
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The amount of people mugged, beaten within an inch of their lives over shoes
They dont make it on the statistics list
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I think low IQ is to blame.
This.
Likely the real issue.
Only there Black so it unmentionable.
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This.
Likely the real issue.
Only there Black so it unmentionable.
Are you black? :D
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City people will be the zombies in these movies that are popular one day. No skills, no reserve, no power of reason or deduction. They say 3 days without EBT and it starts.
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Are you black? :D
Was poor grammar your first clue?