Nike's new shoe causes violence across US

Stampedes are witnessed in stores across US, as buyers jostle to lay their hands on Nike's new Air Jordan.


The violence led the police into using the pepper spray on about 20 buyers involved in a fight at a mall in Seattle early Friday morning.


The BBC reports:

• "At least four people were arrested after customers broke down a door at a store selling the shoes in Lithonia, Georgia
• There was an attempted robbery on a victim who was mistakenly believed to have just bought the shoes in Stockton, California
• About 100 shoppers forced their way into a shopping centre in Taylor, Michigan
• A gunshot rang out as shoppers queued in Richmond, California, although no injuries were reported
• Disorder was also reported in Charlotte, North Carolina; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Omaha, Nebraska."