More Lines: Cops Controlling The Crowd At Supreme

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New Yorkers really don't mind waiting in lines. Taken only minutes ago, this is a photo of the scene outside Supreme at 274 Lafayette Street in Soho, where people are waiting to get their hands on the new Nike Air Trainers TWII. Apparently, the crowd was so rowdy and/or massive that the cops showed up. A note, from an already dejected Racked correspondent at the scene, "Cops are pretty pissed, people aren't fighting...yet. This is definitely as close to rock bottom as I have ever felt."