Urban Outfitters forced to apologise over ‘blood-stained’ Kent State University sweatshirt
Urban Outfitters has been forced to remove a ‘blood-stained’ sweatshirt from its website and apologise on Twitter, after backlash that the item alluded to the 1970 shooting at Kent State University.
The sweatshirt, which featured what looked like bullet holes and blood spatterings, drew controversy as shoppers perceived it to reference a shooting at the university in Ohio, when four students were killed and nine injured after the National Guard opened fire at demonstrators protesting against military action in Cambodia.
Twitter users expressed their distaste at the jumper, with one writing: “You’re an embarrassment, @UrbanOutfitters. And the BS apology is almost as Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
