Posted on 12/27/2016 10:33:23 AM PST by blam
Joseph Jankowski
December 27,2016
The largest police union inside the United States is demanding that Amazon.com pull Black Lives Matter shirts from its inventory because the appeal is “offensive.”
Fraternal Order of Police president, Chuck Canterbury, wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in an open letter to ask the online retailer to “prohibit the use of the Amazon name and website for the retail” of shirts and sweatshirts with slogans “Bulletproof”, “Black Lives Matter” and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” which Canterbury described as “offensive” and the spread of “urban myths.”
While demanding the apparel be shunned from the popular online retailer, the FOP president applauded the company for “demonstrating the reality of the American dream” and its philanthropic work and expressed his hope that it shares “FOP’s goal of increasing the bonds of trust between the men and women of law enforcement and the communities they serve.”
“I wanted to let you know that my members are very upset that you and Amazon are complicit in the sale of this offensive merchandise,” Canterbury added, cautioning that the sale of the apparel could “damage your company’s good name amongst FOP members and other active and retired law enforcement officers.”
Canterbury, who has served as the FOP president since 2003, went on to express sadness over the fact that some “third party sellers are making money by exploiting racial divisions” in the US.
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Wow. . .I didn’t know they were selling this merchandise.. . .and I just placed a big Amazon.com order.
It may not be a good business practice to stop selling every product that someone may find offensive.
Amazon actually sells four different BLM T shirts. The women’s has a slim white model
Curious which party this union has been supporting over the years.
I’d rather have Amazon dump its Fake News operation, WAPO, which is largely responsible for the BLM nonsense.
YES!
I’m waiting for a big lawsuit to be filed when someone wearing a “Bulletproof “ shirt gets shot.
Time to boycott Amazon until they pull the merchandise. BLM is a “domestic terrorist” group and should be disbanded, PERIOD!
You will not be able to find “White lives matter” articles anywhere. That says a lot about the current state of the country.
Amazon bans all products the depict the Confederate flag and then allow this crap to be available . This is why Amazon will never see a dime from again , nor any of its vendors . Not one dime and I used to be a regular customer. I invite everyone to join me in this 100% boycott. It’s painless . So many alternatives to purchasing thru Amazon . Give the other folks your business .
Naw, keep selling them. It makes identification quicker and farther away.
Amazon supports LGBTWHATEVERs, too.
Jeez....Unions. Standing in the way of Capitalism again.
It sucks. I liked using Amazon, don’t want to drop them, but these a..holes have GOT to get a message. Would love to see Google, Facebook, Twitter, Starbuck$ and the like shrivel up and blow away.
the only thing that makes Amazon/Bezos relevant & powerful is OUR MONEY . Stop the flow
Amazon stopped selling ANYTHING with Confederate flag design on it . Including all Confederate flags themselves . Because anti-Rebs complained
Antitrust Should Be Used To Break Up Partisan Tech Giants Like Facebook, Google
why not, it works for the RATS!!!
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