The Skid Row recruits weren't the only ones who were hoping for a pay day for waiting in line. George Westbrook, 23, of Compton, and Lamar Mitchell, 43, of Pasadena, were arrested for fighting in line outside of the store, Clawson said.Ībout 200 people were waiting outside the store through the night, Clawson said, noting that officers had been dispatched to patrol the crowd. Minor scuffles broke out at the store overnight and two men were arrested, said Pasadena police Lt. Dariel Johnson, who said she had been waiting in line overnight said, "It's a lot of drama, almost fighting. Other people in line complained about the situation. Apple is allowing customers to buy only two phones per person on launch day. One homeless man interviewed by Rich DeMuro of KTLA Morning News said he was promised $20 per phone but was miffed he hadn't been paid. It wasn't immediately clear who coordinated the efforts to bus the people in. Heather told KABC that she and roughly 80 to 100 others from Skid Row came to the Apple store. It's my husband's birthday so it's money," she said. "They came by and they said they needed people to sit in line for the opening of the new i5, and would we be willing to do it, and I just heard it and I came down and said, 'Sure, why not?'" Mickey from downtown Los Angeles told KABC. As long lines formed outside Apple stores across the country today, tempers flared at one in Pasadena, Calif., where homeless people from Skid Row said they were bused in and paid to save spots on line.
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