Nike and Converse are giving a 30% discount on all merchandise purchased today as a thank you to all Law Enforcement officers. But apparently the #BlackLivesMatter crowd wasn’t too happy about it. Here was the original ad:
Here are the reactions via Twitter:
Umm #LawEnforcementAppreciationDay ? You mean happy Instilling fear into communities while fear mongering and murdering innocent people day?
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— Nicholas X (@FinlandsFinest7) May 13, 2015
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay via @Nike & @Converse. Today.
The police have killed 420 people in 2015.
America. pic.twitter.com/y2ZnXNIZNZ
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 13, 2015
While the country teeters on the edge of unrest due to unpunished police killings @Nike & @Converse announces #LawEnforcementAppreciationDay
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) May 13, 2015
@deray @Nike @Converse WTF? I was seriously buying shoes today for running but W T F ….how can they be that tone deaf????
— draxtor™ (@draxtor) May 13, 2015
@deray @Nike @Converse just two more companies that will never be receiving my money ever again.
— strumpetstiltskin (@_zazzles_) May 13, 2015
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay from @Nike and @Converse during the height of one of the bloodiest years for police brutality in America.
— etoilee8 (@etoilee8) May 13, 2015
When you kill a bunch of citizens and face no repercussions but @Nike @nikestore still got ya back #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/uj3rVcAjMw
— Bricks Pitino (@BricksDF) May 13, 2015
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