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Police union demands Amazon to remove 'Bulletproof Black Lives Matter' shirt Police union demands Amazon to remove 'Bulletproof Black Lives Matter' shirt
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The largest police union in the United States, the Fraternal Order of Police, is urging Amazon to remove a t-shirt from its third-party marketplace that says “Bulletproof: Black Lives Matter.” The US's largest police union has urged Amazon to remove a T-shirt from its third-party marketplace that says: “Bulletproof: Black Lives Matter”.
Before the request, the union successfully appealed Walmart who pulled the same shirt from their website on Thursday. However, the shirt can still be purchased on Amazon.com as of Sunday morning and the union president Chuck Canterbury doesn’t expect that to change anytime soon. He characterized Amazon as a “pretty liberal marketer.” The Fraternal Order of Police has already succeeded in having garment removed from Walmart supermarkets. But as of Sunday morning it was still available on Amazon.    
He also told The Guardian that this rhetoric has inspired violence against members of law enforcement. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 64 police officers have been fatally shot in the line of duty in 2016. Union president Chuck Canterbury said he didn't expect that to change anytime soon.
As of Sunday morning, at least 940 people have been killed by a police office across the country this year alone, according to the Washington Post database that tracks police violence. Characterising Amazon as a “pretty liberal marketer", he told The Guardian that the T-shirt's rhetoric had inspired violence against members of law enforcement.
Still, the owner of the Connecticut-based Old Glory Merchandise, who sells the shirt in question, doesn’t seem to be a staunch supporter of Black Lives Matter, the umbrella organization protesting against unjust policing in communities of color. Owner Glenn Morelli recently told CNN that he quickly pulled the controversial shirt from his website after they failed to drive sales. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 64 police officers have been fatally shot in the line of duty in 2016.
“It wasn’t a big seller at all,” he admitted. “The Blue Lives Matter sells more than the Black Lives Matter or bulletproof shirts combined. We don’t like to offend anybody... You have to sell all different kinds of shirts. It’s hard to make everybody happy." At least 940 people have been killed by a police office across the country over the same period, according to the Washington Post database that tracks police violence.
The owner of the Connecticut-based Old Glory Merchandise, which sells the shirt in question, doesn’t seem to be a staunch supporter of Black Lives Matter - the umbrella organisation formed to protest against percieved unjust policing in communities of colour.
Owner Glenn Morelli told CNN that he quickly pulled the controversial shirt from his website after they failed to drive sales.
“It wasn’t a big seller at all,” he said, adding that T-shirts in support of Blue Lives Matter - a pro-police movement - had sold more. 
He added: "We don’t like to offend anybody... You have to sell all different kinds of shirts. It’s hard to make everybody happy."