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December 27, 2016

Police Union Pressures Amazon.com to Halt "Black Lives Matter" Sales
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The nation's largest police union is pressuring Amazon.com to stop
selling T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with the phrases "Bulletproof:
Black Lives Matter" and "Hands Up, Don't Shoot." A letter from the
police union to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses the online retailer of
selling offensive merchandise from "third party sellers [who] are making
money by exploiting racial divisions in our country." The campaign by
the Fraternal Order of Police follows a successful effort to get
Walmart.com to stop selling clothes with the phrase "Bulletproof: Black
Lives Matter" in its online store.


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