Fed demands Amazon stop sales of Blue Lives Murder t-shirts

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Fed demands Amazon stop sales of 'Blue Lives Murder' t-shirts

Online retailer Amazon has been urged by the Police Federation to halt UK sales of a protest t-shirt. The Federation said the shirt slogan 'Blue lives murder' suggested police brutality.

Angered: Police Federation chairman John Apter has written to Amazon

Date - 23rd June 2020
By - Chris Smith

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Fed chairman John Apter has written to the Managing Director of Amazon in the UK after it was revealed that the t-shirts, which were originally created in America, were being sold online for £17.95. Mr Apter demanded that Amazon’s MD...

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