{"id":961519,"date":"2021-02-23T03:07:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T09:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=961519"},"modified":"2021-02-23T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:25:26","slug":"chicago-ford-city-mall-foot-locker-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/chicago-ford-city-mall-foot-locker-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting at Foot Locker in Chicago’s Ford City Mall Raises Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The community has always driven sneaker culture. And yet, it’s the community that suffers the most when things within sneaker culture turn ugly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current demand for sneakers is reaching an unprecedented height. Pop-culture embedded collaborations, regional exclusives, resell becoming a business of its own, and the overall digital age has propelled sneakers into a new echelon. Everyone wants to be a part of it, yet the supply is nowhere near the Goliath-like demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that becomes a problem. It’s not a new one. It’s not one that hasn’t been addressed. Nonetheless, we continue to have the same conversations when violence and a lack of human decency clouds a sneaker release \u2014 even during a deadly pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 22-year-old man was shot at the Foot Locker in Ford City Mall in Chicago, according to Chicago’s ABC affiliate<\/a>. The victim is in serious conditions after being shot twice in each arm and twice in the lower back. The suspect fled the scene, WGN reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another shoe store shooting recently took place at a Shoe Palace on Hollywood & Highland mall, according to KTLA<\/a>. The suspect is in custody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These aren’t the first time we’ve seen violence make headlines within the game. Sports Illustrated’s “Your Sneakers or Your Life” article in the summer of 1990 raised the question of who’s to blame, whether the consumer or the brands themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n