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[h1]Marmot Mammoth’s ‘Biggie’ coat linked to city shooting violence[/h1]
By Frank Rosario and Amber Sutherland
November 11, 2013 | 4:46am
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The Marmot Mammoth "Biggie" parka sparked Saturday's shooting at Bryant Park.
Photo: www.paragonsports.com
This coat is to die for.
The popular parka that sparked Saturday night’s shooting at the Bryant Park skating rink was previously linked to the murders of two city teens — enough bloodshed to prompt its manufacturer to pull the plug on it and leave the only city store selling it to get rid of its last ones.
In January, Raphael Ward, 16, of the Lower East Side, was gunned down by a masked man after refusing to hand over his coat — also known as the “Biggie.”
Two years earlier, Malik Jenkins, 18, of The Bronx, was struck and killed by two cars while trying to escape a gang demanding his “Biggie.”
Marmot Mountain LLC discontinued the product — according to a worker at Paragon Sports near Union Square, which once sold the goose-down-filled coat with detachable hood for $680 — after word of the deadly violence got back to the manufacturer.
“They sold really well, but the company didn’t want to be associated with that,” the worker said. “They didn’t want the negative attention.”
Store employees noted that some bought the coat for its big pockets — to stash guns and drugs in.
On Sunday, Paragon had only one “Biggie” left in stock: a purple, triple-extra-large model marked down to a mere $200.
“We put the rest on sale to move them out,” one worker said. “Paragon doesn’t want to affiliate itself with an item that’s going to cause violence.”
Marmot didn’t return an e-mail seeking comment.
http://nypost.com/2013/11/11/marmot-mammoths-biggie-coat-linked-to-city-shooting-violence/
By Frank Rosario and Amber Sutherland
November 11, 2013 | 4:46am
Modal Trigger
The Marmot Mammoth "Biggie" parka sparked Saturday's shooting at Bryant Park.
Photo: www.paragonsports.com
This coat is to die for.
The popular parka that sparked Saturday night’s shooting at the Bryant Park skating rink was previously linked to the murders of two city teens — enough bloodshed to prompt its manufacturer to pull the plug on it and leave the only city store selling it to get rid of its last ones.
In January, Raphael Ward, 16, of the Lower East Side, was gunned down by a masked man after refusing to hand over his coat — also known as the “Biggie.”
Two years earlier, Malik Jenkins, 18, of The Bronx, was struck and killed by two cars while trying to escape a gang demanding his “Biggie.”
Marmot Mountain LLC discontinued the product — according to a worker at Paragon Sports near Union Square, which once sold the goose-down-filled coat with detachable hood for $680 — after word of the deadly violence got back to the manufacturer.
“They sold really well, but the company didn’t want to be associated with that,” the worker said. “They didn’t want the negative attention.”
Store employees noted that some bought the coat for its big pockets — to stash guns and drugs in.
On Sunday, Paragon had only one “Biggie” left in stock: a purple, triple-extra-large model marked down to a mere $200.
“We put the rest on sale to move them out,” one worker said. “Paragon doesn’t want to affiliate itself with an item that’s going to cause violence.”
Marmot didn’t return an e-mail seeking comment.
http://nypost.com/2013/11/11/marmot-mammoths-biggie-coat-linked-to-city-shooting-violence/
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its a BX thing ?
