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OMG Shoes: Angelenos Camped Out for the New Air Jordans That Dropped Today
The line at Niketown in Santa Monica by chiva1908 via Twitter
Did you catch the long lines at the Beverly Center or Niketown this morning (or even last night)?
Shoe fans were waiting so they could drop $160 bucks on the New Air Jordan 4 Retro shoes that were released today.
Things apparently got a little heavy at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza this morning. Police were called in around 9:30am where a crowd of about 100 people were awaiting the release of the kicks, according to City News Service. A caller said that crowd was becoming unruly outside Foot Action, but things had calmed down by the time police arrived.
Here's the line in front of Shiek's this morning:
Outside of Shieks in Los Angeles by @POWiMbEAUTY via Twitter
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